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Kina wins $1.6bn super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
ASX-listed Papa New Guinean bank and wealth management firm Kina Securities has won a $1.66 billion superannuation fund administration mandate. Kina will now provide fund administration services to PNG's National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND), which ...

Livestock finance firm completes bond issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
FIIG Securities says a recent $30 million bond issue by a livestock finance group exemplifies how companies can use bonds to diversify their debt profile and fund new growth. StockCo completed the bond issue as part of a capital restructuring that will ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... way to diversify and complete an Australian equities portfolio, thus reducing portfolio concentration to individual securities and market sectors." BetaShares now offers the broadest range of exchange traded products available on ASX and currently has ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell, believes local demand for indexed annuity bonds will most likely mirror ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... reductions applied to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged) (0.34% to 0.32%), Vanguard ...

Vanguard reduces MERs on five funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... reductions apply to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index Fund (Hedged) (0.34% to 0.32%), Vanguard ...

Dark pools effective at reducing volatility spikes: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Liquidnet research has shown that volatility of securities is reduced by over 103% in the minute before a block trade when using the firm's anonymous dark pool. The Liquidnet Block Study examined roughly 32,000 block trades - that is, trades executed ...

CFS to integrate with IRESS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... capability around managed account technology." He said managed accounts offer some of the benefits of direct ownership of securities with an overlay of professional management and administration. These benefits have been known by the industry for some ...

A-REIT added to Asgard platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
A high conviction, actively managed fund providing access to a diversified portfolio of ASX-listed real estate securities has been added to the Asgard platform. The Folkestone Maxim A-REIT Securities Fund is the newest addition, known for its disciplined ...

Axsesstoday completes $20m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... diversification plan and to fund growth of the company's underlying equipment financing business. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the $20 million note issue will be combined to form a single $40 million series with the company's existing $20 million subordinated ...