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Asian managers eye Fund Passport

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2012
... industry poll, RBC Investor Services also said that while undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS) products remain popular, Asian investors are keen to explore a range of new opportunities, including Renminbi-based funds ...

State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... State Street has joined the chorus of voices in favour of establishing an 'Asian funds passport' along the lines of Europe's UCITS. But it remains to be seen whether anyone outside Australia is really interested. In a report released today State Street ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... also help attract more business to Australia from neighbouring markets and allow for a regional alternative to European UCITS fund structures." The government shares the industry's sentiments, and previously flagged that it was favourable of reducing ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... Permal Global Absolute Return Trust (GAT), has gained a four-star rating from S&P. The GAT is essentially a daily liquidity UCITS III vehicle that aims to take advantage of a number of global equity scenarios including the state of the Yen, commodities ...

SSgA cuts securities lending on fixed income funds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
State Street Global Advisors has discontinued its securities lending program for a range of UCITS fixed income funds. SSgA, a prominent securities lender, announced on the Irish Stock Exchange last week that it had stopped its securities lending program ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... European investors without the compliance hurdles they had to endure in the past. The new set of EU directives fall under UCITS IV, which stands for the 'Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities'. These laws allow collective ...

Johnson Report maps out new world order

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... mutual recognition agreements with its counterparts in Hong Kong and the US. "The Asian passport will be similar to the UCITS model, which is already [benefiting] Europe," he said. Finally, the report also proposed an improved Offshore Banking Unit model ...

Russell OpenWorld targets insto investors

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2009
... required to invest in managers operating in specialist, thematic areas. The funds will be available via a Dublin-domiciled UCITS platform.

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... Commission's proposal to allow the use of "Relative VaR" or relative value at risk measure with a maximum ratio of two. This means UCITS - Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities - funds will be able to have twice the risk of ...

Australia secures fourth place on global managed fund ranking

... local currencies, fund assets increased over the second quarter in almost all countries. In Europe, total assets in the UCITS market increased by 7.1%, whereas assets of mutual funds in the United States rose by 8.8%. Stock price indexes rose in almost ...
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