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Government seeks further Asia Funds Passport consultation

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2015
The government has released a consultation paper on the rules and operational arrangement for the Asia Region Funds Passport. The paper has been prepared by the Asia Region Funds Passport Working Group which includes Australia, Korea, New Zealand, the ...

Global body calls for Asia Funds Passport rethink

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
The Asia Funds Passport initiative has received public support from ICI Global but the global investment industry body said the model needed to be rethought to improve its chances of long-term success. ICI Global, the international arm of US body the ...

FSC leads Asia Funds Passport delegation to Korea

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Financial Services Council is today leading a delegation of fund managers to South Korea to discuss the Asian Region Funds Passport (ARFP) and the Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) with Korean CEOs and officials. Parliamentary Secretary ...

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STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... longevity insurance is the key to making retirement funds go the distance. We also investigate why the much-vaunted Asia Funds Passport might not get off the ground andA we speak to MetLife Australia's head of distribution Michael Goodall for our back ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
The Asia Funds Passport will never get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. ...

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STAFF WRITERS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... industry speech and profile star fund manager David Paradice. We also have experts describing what's involved with the Asia funds passport, how to differentiate the different types of managed accounts and sweep through who's moving around the industry ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... where they were ten years ago" and singled out the Asian Funds Passport as a potential area of growth. The proposed Asia Funds Passport is the Asia Pacific version of Europe's UCITS funds. The concept of the Asian funds regional passport is an area of ...

Asian small caps as emerging markets go mainstream

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2011
... dollar, Korean Won and Indian Rupee," the report said, which acted as a headwind to performance. Most emerging market and Asia funds are not hedged, causing the problem. Sweeney said it is very difficult and quite expensive to hedge emerging market funds. ...

Support grows for Asia Funds Passport

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... working group on the proposal. Asia's funds management industry apparently endorses the proposed development of an 'Asia Funds Passport', which would allow for funds to exchange across the region, according to joint research report by the Financial Services ...

Yuan revaluation drives hedge fund flows

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2010
... interest rate positions. By geographic focus, the report found that investors shifted assets from dedicated Emerging Asia funds into funds focused on Japan and broadly across Pan-Asia. The report found that Asian equity hedge funds outperformed equity ...