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Synthetic ETFs set to grow

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... proportions in the US and Asia Pacific. This analysis is based on figures contained in a Reserve Bank of Australia ETF discussion paper. Synthetic ETFs are instruments where the ETF does not hold physical assets but gains exposure to the target asset ...

Rethink before you rebuild

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
As the world rebuilds its regulatory structures around the financial system, it needs to recognise that the system is an integrated network of ecosystems, not a set of independent machines. Speaking at yesterday's Melbourne Financial Services Symposium ...

ASIC tightens noose on managed inv schemes

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2010
... schemes, but the rules could end up hurting the very same people they aim to protect. In a recently released discussion paper, ASIC had proposed that responsible entities (REs) set aside up to $5 million in net tangible assets, or 10 per cent of average ...

Time to lift operational reserves: Mercer

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2010
... the fund's annual outsourced investment costs (assuming a range of fund mangers are used)," noted Mercer in a discussion paper. For a $10 billion fund with 200,000 members this could equate to about $35 million or 0.3 per cent of its asset pool, suggests ...

APRA proposals could deter overseas firms: AXA

MICHAEL HOBBS AND RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... regulatory and fiscal environment to stay that way. He said a number of regulatory proposals outlined in APRA's discussion paper on the supervision of conglomerate groups could hinder the country from becoming a regional financial services hub. "While ...

UK planners to face tougher standards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
... planners, this time requiring them to hold a new Statement of Professional Standing. The FSA has just released a discussion paper regarding how these new rules would operate, how they would be regulated and what planners would have to do to satisfy the ...

APRA concedes on life ins data, slaps down friendlies

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... industry concerns and agreed to not disclose group wide performance metrics. In November 2009 APRA released a discussion paper proposing that data disclosed to them by insurers and friendly societies on quarterly and annual regulatory forms should be ...

Banks to face liquidity crisis "fire drills": APRA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... cope with a severe market disruption, under new liquidity reporting rules proposed by APRA. APRA has released a discussion paper that proposes major changes to their existing policies in monitoring the liquidity risk management of authorised deposit-taking ...

ASIC reviews prospectus disclosure of CRAs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
ASIC has released a discussion paper that proposes strict conditions on how credit ratings should be reported in prospectuses in an attempt to enhance protection to retail investors. "ASIC is seeking public comment on whether to withdraw current class ...

Pres Obama proposes sweeping regulatory reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... regulation, regardless of whether the firm owns an insured depository institution," according to the government discussion paper that outlines the proposals. The provisions also include a stepping up banking capital adequacy requirements and a specific ...