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ASIC bans AFSL chief executives

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... persons responsible for trading funds had the requisite qualifications and experience to manage a foreign exchange derivatives fund. ASIC alleges the two men failed to act in the best interests of members of the fund and did not exercise the degree of ...

ASIC appoints receiver for derivatives issuer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an OTC derivatives issuer and helped appoint a receiver to the firm and its related companies. ASIC has successfully applied to the Federal Court to appoint receivers to Berndale Capital Securities, Berndale Capital Securities ...

ASIC bans Gold Coast adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... Markets between March 2015 and May 2016. Pulse was only authorised to provide general advice and trade in equities and derivatives, but it appears Peters represented Pulse as being authorised to engage in discretionary trading. An ASIC delegate determined ...

APRA receives new super powers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... semi-annual basis, super funds will be required to disclose investments and drill down to the underlying asset and derivatives held directly or through associated entities, as well as initial investments into non-associated entities. RSE licensees will ...

JPMorgan portfolio manager leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... review." The fund invests in global and Australian equities, bonds and cash primarily but also takes positions in derivatives (equity options and futures and bond futures) and is classified as an alternative strategy at Morningstar. Its mFund had returned ...

Future Fund hires from WTW

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... investment portfolio. She was also instrumental in the setting up of NZ Super, establishing in-house currency and derivatives capabilities, Future Fund said. In her new role, Brake will lead the Future Fund's portfolio strategy function which undertakes ...

ASIC dismisses Royal Commission insider trading reports

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... sector on the date in question. ASIC said: "ASIC reviewed trading in the ordinary shares of banking sector, listed derivatives, unlisted (OTC) derivatives and short selling activity." "The trading review did not reveal evidence or indications of information ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
... first time since launching them in 2017. However, it did not rule out the possibility of adding other cryptocurrency derivatives. In a March update, Cboe said: "CFE is not adding a Cboe Bitcoin (USD) ("XBT") futures contract for trading in March 2019." ...

Channel Capital head of retail departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... that profile in mind for some time. Chanique was a funds director at Clime Investment Management and worked in equity derivatives sales before that. In January 2018, it hired Byron Slessar who was a retail sales director at Janus Henderson Investors. ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... marketing of London-based FME Asset Management (Financial Markets Engineering), in line with its usual business model. The derivatives-based strategy takes positions in futures with an absolute return objective. The boutique's principals have experience ...