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Liquidnet taps Malaysian equities

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
Liquidnet has expanded its trading operations to include listed securities in Malaysia. Liquidnet, which brings together asset managers and public companies on a single network that directly connects traders and portfolio managers, among others, started ...

US insider trading probe rocks hedge fund community

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
The US government is turning the screws on the investment community and it could affect firms with significant presences in Australia. Over the past 48 hours, as part of a wide-ranging insider trading probe, the FBI has raided a number of hedge funds ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
North American pension funds have been actively pursuing investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed ...

Toll roads lead global $50bn M&A activity

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
Infrastructure investments worldwide are due to attract at least $50 billion from pension and sovereign funds over the next two years with toll roads at the top of the buy list. According to the latest UBS report, there are a number of major takeover ...

SOA too much, too confusing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... Explain the reasons why you think the strategies will help clients achieve their goals." Plater said some SOAs also fail to connect the client's goals with the specifics of a recommendation. Plater acknowledged that many advisers see SOAs as costly to ...

ESI Super boosts advice tech

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2010
Industry fund ESI Super has improved the technology behind advice delivery to its members, signing up for Provisio Technologies' rapid advice delivery software. ESI Super will use the new technology to deliver defined scope advice to its members, which ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The $1.6 billion Professional Associations Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to ...

Key planners crucial when planning firms sell

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
There are many ways to measure how much a financial planning practice or dealer group is worth when it is up for sale or eyeing a public float - high on this list is whether the key advisers are going to stay or not, industry experts say. Ian Jedlin ...

Liquidnet signs deal with Instinet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Liquidnet has formed a partnership with electronic trading provider Instinet to give Liquidnet clients access to the firm's buy side-only network through Newport 3 EMS. Lee Porter, head of Liquidnet Asia Pacific said the firm's connectivity with Instinet's ...

Industry assoc review goals and growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
From ASFA to AIST and SPAA, FPA to the AFA - there are more than 40 associations representing the financial services sector, prompting industry professionals to question the need for multiple associations, and whether mergers should be on the cards. ...