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New digital asset fund launched

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... has also previously served as head of money markets at Macquarie. Meanwhile, Smythe was a founder of international derivatives business HighLow Markets. As a rapidly growing and differentiated asset class, digital investments are becoming an increasingly ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... little bit extra value for members," Patrick said. QSuper has its own capital markets desk, doing its own trading in derivatives markets to rebalance portfolios and hedge currencies. Sunsuper, Patrick said, doesn't have this capability and there ...

Frontier recruits two senior consultants

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
... Westpac. Also joining Frontier this month is Michiel Swaak, who works as a senior consultant in the alternatives and derivatives research team. Swaak was most recently a director of quantitative finance solutions at Deloitte and worked for the likes ...

New head of product, trading for AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... trading. Grant will lead the teams responsible for AUSIEX's trade execution across domestic and international equites & derivatives. He will also lead the team that manages AUSIEX's product suite, including the design and development of new offerings. ...

Magellan chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... market risk management team. While there, he was headhunted to join Credit Suisse, which at the time was focusing on derivatives. Finally, Cairns rose to head Merrill Lynch's debt capital markets in Australia during an eight-year stint before joining ...

Marketech partners with Chi-X Australia

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... next step." Chi-X Australia is the country's second largest stock exchange and competes across equities, indices and derivatives gaining over 20% market share, a daily record of $3.8 billion traded value in equity trading and up to 50% of the Australian ...

Demand for niche advice firms increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... superannuation, risk insurance and financial planning advice, or they may have the ability to trade in options and derivatives, making them worth four times more, Radar Results chief executive John Birt said. AFSLs with managed discretionary accounts ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... actually holding cash or cash-like investments, this will make analysis of cash investments difficult. The grouping of derivatives into types, Kennaway argued, leaves the disclosures essentially meaningless. As an example he referred to swaps. The disclosures ...

Super funds handed holdings disclosure win

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... finalised, with the government delivering a significant victory to super funds when it comes to unlisted assets and derivatives. Released yesterday, the final legislation shows a softening of the government's approach to unlisted assets, with aggregate ...

Bitcoin exposure added to platform

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... to bitcoin and securely stores the asset with BitGo Trust. MBF has a buy and hold strategy and does not engage in derivatives, leverage, or short selling. The minimum investment is $25,000 and has a 1.5% p.a. management fee. "With consumer demand for ...