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Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... against the greenback up by 4.8% this year to date. Similarly, the yen's up 1.3% on the week and by 7.7% so far this year. It's not only against them euros and yens, the greenback has also weakened against the Australian and Canadian dollars, the British ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... external manager relationships." Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser hints at this development, reporting mandate appointments from not-for-profit super funds and investment managers fell by more than 39% last year in comparison to 2014. It continues a downward ...

Trio Capital compensation complete

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
The Government will not provide further compensation to two groups of SMSF investors affected by the collapsed Trio Capital. In a statement the government said that the two investor groups, made up of Self Managed Super Fund (SMSF) trustees, were not ...

Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... domestic market is competitive. "We have sovereign wealth funds and Canadians who have large capital to deploy. It is competitive not only in the large billion-dollar deals but also in small-size transactions. Having said that the short-term deal pipeline ...

ASIC hands Allegianz six month suspension

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... reporting obligations can be an indicator of a poor compliance culture. ASIC won't hesitate to act against licensees who do not meet these important requirements." Allegianz has held its AFSL since July 2012 and provides specialised government, commercial ...

Equip appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) for a variation of its licence so that it could appoint two independents. "As APRA has not yet approved this, the board has extended Andrew Pickering's tenure as an employer director by 12 months and has appointed ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Australia private sector credit The A$ has weakened slightly after climbing to a nine-month high of US$0.7723 overnight. But at the latest exchange of US$0.7667, it remains 5.0% higher than its level at the start of 2016 and 11.7% up from this year's ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... passes a test on whether its derivatives transactions reduce its market risk. But critics of the SEC proposal say that would not apply to many bond funds which use derivatives to increase their exposure to the market; as the financial tools used by fund ...

ASIC releases 2016 enforcement report

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has released its latest enforcement report, highlighting key outcomes for the period 1 July 2015 to 31 December 2015, flagging integrity of financial market benchmarks and disclosure obligations and market abuse as key areas of focus for the future. ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... measured," Gallagher said. "For example, total fund returns capture pre-tax returns generated by active fund managers but they do not break down income versus capital gains. This is important, given that income and capital gains are taxed at different ...