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Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... and investment specialist Saxo Capital Markets is reducing spreads and increasing execution times for fixed income securities. The move comes six months after the launch of the firm's digital bond trading solution which covers more than 5000 government ...

"Shunned" investment strategy generating massive returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... that is not well-known and is even "shunned" by some investment managers are long-term US dollar subordinated debt securities, director and portfolio manager, income securities Jarod Dawson said at a recent media briefing. Westpac and ANZ issued debt ...

ESG data creates barrier for Aussie instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... social and governance factors in investment decisions. This is a key finding in the latest global study from BNP Paribas Securities Services. In a survey of more than 460 institutional investors and asset managers, the custodian found Asia Pacific is ...

Fed trumps Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... Committee would announce a set of gradually increasing caps, or limits, on the dollar amounts of Treasury and agency securities that would be allowed to run off each month, and only the amounts of securities repayments that exceeded the caps would be ...

Revenue boost for life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... statistics. Life insurers' total revenue of $37.9 billion was driven mainly by investments in equities, property and debt securities of $19 billion; followed by revenue generated from policies of $15.5 billion. After-tax profit slumped to $2.4 billion ...

Labor fights phoenix fraud

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... through a package of proposed reforms. The package will see the granting of new enforcement tools for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the tightening of laws protecting employee entitlements, and the applications of harsher ...

Colonial First State platforms make deferred annuities more accessible

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... Services. Portfolio Service offers a new means of administering client assets, bringing together directly-held listed securities and cash together with custodially-held term deposits, managed funds and managed accounts. "This solution allows it to all ...

Financial services enters next cloud computing evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... asset classes, bringing increased security and soundness to financial markets. In 2016, DTCC's subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at more than US$1.5 quadrillion.

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... in which they're operating, demonstrate their efforts to achieve "best execution" every time they deal with European securities. OTAS' platform is MiFID II-ready and will integrate with Liquidnet's Virtual High Touch (VHT) tool suite, which was launched ...

Barclays refunds US$97m for overcharging clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... to clients for misrepresenting services and overcharging advisory and mutual fund fees. An investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission found Barclays overbilled clients to the tune of US$50 million. It also failed to properly carry out ...