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Liquidnet appoints Asia-Pacific COO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... performing strongly in the region with record growth, led by ongoing demand from members to access large blocks of natural liquidity," Porter said. "Andrew's appointment will allow Liquidnet in APAC to move to the next level as we pursue growth opportunities ...

Family office model attractive to feuding families

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... risk, compliance, and reporting. Typically a family establishes a family office to invest the cash generated from a liquidity event such as the sale of a family business, the result of a significant inheritance and/or built up over time from cash flows ...

Blue Sky launches first listed investment company

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... have been barriers for Australian investors. "There is a growing appetite for alternatives in Australia, but access and liquidity have been problematic. Until now, these funds were only targeted at institutional investors," he said. "The Blue Sky Alternatives ...

New fund to give retail investors access to volatility index

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... Triple3 fund allows investors to access the VIX Index through options and volatility derivatives. The fund offers daily liquidity and it limits loss to 5% in a VIX expiry month. "It is possible to hedge out the risk of holding equities via options on ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... the rising stock markets to good fundamentals. But I don't buy that. People are caught up in the momentum of all the liquidity that is provided by the central banks. This is a liquidity driven thing, not based on fundamentals." My oh my oh my, might ...

SMSFs want access to infrastructure and corporate bonds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... for infrastructure investment and the illiquid nature of the required investment. SPAA believes that addressing these liquidity issues and removing administrative barriers will provide the most significant challenges in allowing SMSFs to have better ...

ASIC should regulate SMSFs as a financial product: PwC

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... that specifies "how the fund will meet its long term investment objectives including asset allocation, diversification, liquidity and the appropriate level of borrowings." PwC proposed that ASIC should charge annual registration fees to SMSF to cover ...

Advisers show overwhelming support for ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... allocating 5-15% and a quarter (24%) are allocating more than 25%. The survey found that the biggest barriers to usage are liquidity and product availability with 32% of advisers saying they'd allocate more if ETFs offered greater liquidity and 27% stating ...

Front-runners

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... reforms..." earlier this month. Should HFT be reformed, banned or left alone? Nays. HFT is not illegal. If trading provides liquidity to the market, HFT provides higher liquidity. It aides for better price discovery, it reduces bid-ask spreads and, according ...

ISA attacks financial 'short-termism'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... willing to pay for advice to do something than for advice to do nothing." ISA listed a number of factors - including liquidity requirements, short-term reporting cycles, retailisation and market pressure - that force super funds to take a short-term ...