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ASIC releases more detail on limited AFS licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released guidance on applying for a limited Australian financial services (AFS) licence. The guide establishes the exact definition of a limited AFS licence and it gives more details on ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... informally known as AQUA II - may be on the horizon following the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Widely seen as an alternative to big platforms, the AMFS will be exempt from regulations ...

Arena REIT lists on the ASX

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Arena Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Arena REIT investment mandate including in investing in childcare, education, healthcare and government The fund is raising $75 million by the issue ...

Rivkin firm launches managed funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... new suite of products will include an open mandate listed investment company that holds ASX-listed companies, hybrid securities, preference shares and floating rate notes; similar to the existing Rivkin Local advice product. There will also be an unconstrained ...

SEC charges US adviser with pension fund theft

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
The US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the leader of a Detroit-based investment adviser for stealing nearly $3.1 million from a public sector pension fund. The SEC alleges that Chauncey C Mayfield, who is the founder, president ...

EQT to take Trust-Perpetual acquisition to ACCC

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... trustee markets if Perpetual acquires The Trust Company. In a letter to its shareholders made public by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), EQT also said that it is "actively considering ways and means of incorporating a cash component in the revised ...

ASX to introduce VIX futures contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
The Australian Securities Exchange is planning to launch a VIX futures contract, with a launch date earmarked for later this year - possibly as early as July. The ASX will provide a media teach-in to coincide with the launch. Known widely as the 'fear ...

Challenger refinances $300m debt facility

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... competitive lending market, current borrowing conditions are favourable," Challenger said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange. CDI's weighted average margin will be reduced by 33 basis points to 148 basis points. "The refinancing results ...

Study finds dark pools damage market quality

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... traded blindly without buyers and sellers knowing who's who. This allows institutions to buy or sell large blocks of securities without revealing their hand to competitors and helps avoid high-frequency traders interposing on the deal. The new CMCRC ...

Tyndall AM creates fixed income role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
... Investment Management, AllianceBernstein Australia and RMB Asset Management. He was also an analyst at Australian Gilt Securities Limited.