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BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
BlackRock will delist five of its 19 US-domiciled iShares exchange-traded funds from the ASX and convert the remainder as Australian-domiciled ETFs. The world's largest asset manager is moving towards a locally-domiciled product range and the 14 ETFs ...

ASIC tightens grip on ICO issuers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... cryptocurrency service providers were announced. AUSTRAC's new suite of cryptocurrency laws will regulate digital currency exchange providers when they come into effect mid-May. Meanwhile, the US corporate regulator has been going after ICOs that don't ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... thank you very much! While the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan struggle to keep their respective currency's exchange rate low, the market is doing it for Australia sans a single bullet shot - a cut in in interest rates or QE - to get the ...

Retail unit trusts leaking FUM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... according to new Rainmaker research. The $755 billion managed funds segment in Australia includes retail unit trusts, exchange traded funds, model portfolios on managed accounts and listed investment companies - in other words, pooled investments that ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... And that figure can't be right if you hold a normative view, he said. Speaking at the 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne this morning, Urwin said the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was a leader in asset owner stewardship. ...

ASX gives timeline for CHESS replacement

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The Australian Securities Exchange has given an arrival date for its much-anticipated trade clearing and settlement system that will replace the older CHESS system. The new distributed ledger technology (DLT) will start clearing trades for the ASX about ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... services. Instead of having wet signatures and 200-page product disclosure statements, "You can just buy our funds on the exchange through a broker account." "Magellan did this country an enormous favour, along with ASIC and the ASX, by making active ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... assets. Kuwait Investment Authority (US$524bn), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (US$513bn) and State Administration of Foreign Exchange (US$441bn) completed the top five. Preqin said the pace of growth in sovereign wealth fund assets slowed considerably ...

Robo-adviser partners with private wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... documented within a Statement of Advice," Kaura said. Each investment program will contain a diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The white label offering includes client fact-finds, portfolio advice creation and SOA or investment program ...

US regulator to extend fiduciary rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... mitigate confusion around the differing standards to which different industry professionals are held. The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to enhance the quality and transparency of investors' relationships with investment advisers and ...