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IOSCO issues caution over ICOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions warns Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have clear risks and are highly speculative investments. IOSCO, seen as the global standard setter for securities regulation, said ICOs are not standardised ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... blockchain-based assets and initial coin offerings (ICOs). Described as an actively managed crypto fund, Apollo Capital offers "institutional level oversight, not often seen in the fast developing crypto market." The fund's investment strategy is driven ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
2018 will see global institutional investors significantly ramping up allocations to alternatives and real assets in light of continuing low interest rates and high valuations for risk assets, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's 2018 Global ...

Independent expert awaits bank remuneration guidelines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
The independent governance expert appointed by the Australian Bankers' Association to review its consumer protection reforms, Ian McPhee, voiced his disappointment that not all participating banks have published their "overarching principles on remuneration ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... that good news, ey? Being our biggest export market, what's good for China is good for Australia. But if the big institutional forecasters are correct, that'll be the peak. The IMF forecast Chinese GDP growth to slow to 6.5% this year (October 2017 World ...

Wealth technology firm acquired for $6.8bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... provider SS&C will pay about $6.8 billion to acquire a global technology outsourcing specialist with operations and institutional clients in Australia. SS&C will purchase DST Systems with an all-cash transaction for $84 per share plus assumption of debt ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... London and Dubai, which specialises in bespoke strategies for sophisticated investors, is entering the Australian institutional market with the help of a local representative. The Entrepreneur's Investment Office (EIO) is owned by its founding partners ...

Lendlease and Canadian pension fund enter $2.6bn investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... strategy to grow our urban regeneration pipeline and accelerate the delivery of much-needed homes, by working with institutional capital partners to launch this new asset class for Lendlease's investment platform. CPPIB is already a highly valued, long-term ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... Mercer said the acquisition enhances its abilities to address the growing alternative investment needs of Japanese institutional investors. "BFC is a truly client centric firm and one of Japan's successful providers of alternative investment solutions ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Citigroup will be the first US bank to begin disclosing wage data and adjusting employee salaries as part of a company-wide strategy to close the pay gap for women and minorities. The organisation confirmed it is taking steps to disclose gender and ...