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Chi-X adds advice, stockbroking market participants

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... equities Mike Ryan said that joining the platform "will further ensure that our clients have best execution and access to liquidity." To OpenMarket's chief executive Rick Klink, "the inherent cost savings of Chi-X is a significant step in delivering ...

ASX to set up shop in Hong Kong

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... Kong. The hub will provide connectivity from Hong Kong to Australia's financial markets community in the Australian Liquidity Centre via the ASX Net Global network. "Asia is the world's fastest growing economic region and the source of increasing ASX ...

The case for super investing in agriculture

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... especially in grains, continues to lag, and more is needed to drive broad scale activity. "With a build-up of global liquidity, we believe investment funds are likely to look to global agriculture to balance their portfolios and increase returns in the ...

NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... data may provide a guide to the future profitability of the manager's strategy, history may not be representative of liquidity conditions and trading volumes in coming years." NZ Super Fund chief investment officer, Matt Whineray, said capacity is an ...

AMP restructures China Fund to reduce discount

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... Goldman Sachs. The changes include implementing a Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect trading platform to increase the fund's liquidity. It will also alter the current default dividend reinvestment plan (DRP) election to allow new investors to opt-in, rather ...

PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... There's no friction at all and the price gets made around a normal bid/ask spread just like an unlisted fund with total liquidity. The price is closed at a known value for the buyer." Turning to the competition posed by passive funds and ETFs, which ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Roodt, also spoke at the conference and said the regulator would continue to be monitoring enhanced requirements around liquidity management and due diligence. "Liquidity conditions are far better than they were some years ago but it's an area we continue ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... showed that in 2014, Australia's largest hedge funds reported average returns of 15.6%, low leverage levels and adequate liquidity. "We're at an inflection point where subdued equity and debt markets are setting an extremely positive backdrop for hedge ...

Cash is king at the Future Fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... might be a little higher, but not much. Although we are long term investors, we still have to worry about the level of liquidity in the portfolio," Neal said. He explained that part of the increase in the private equity allocation has been fuelled by ...

Aberdeen launches $700m liquid alternatives fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... mainstream. "This is why we have seen such strong demand for this fund. Many investors are constrained by complexity, liquidity, transparency and regulation. It is this kind of investor that will look to solutions like the Aberdeen Alternative Strategies ...