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Triple3 volatility fund added to Macquarie Wrap platform

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... McIntyre said. "An investment in volatility can be accessed through the VIX with the use of options and volatility derivatives - which are a good natural diversifier." The addition of the Triple 3 Volatility Fund to Macquarie Wrap follows the fund receiving ...

UBS launches borrow-to-buy share vehicle

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... purchased on the ASX in a similar way to buying shares outright and often at reduced brokerage costs," UBS head of derivatives sales Travis Miller said. "UBS Investment Builders also offer individuals and SMSFs the benefits of potential interest deductions ...

ASX tees up $65m Yieldbroker deal

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
ASX is set to buy a 49% stake in Yieldbroker, the Australian debt and interest rate derivatives market operator, for $65 million. The deal makes ASX a significant investor alongside ANZ, CBA, Citi, Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Macquarie, NAB, RBC, RBS ...

Perennial Aussie equities fund receives Zenith rating

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
... with a bottom-up, Australian equities portfolio comprised of large and small cap listed companies and uses equity derivatives and cash to dynamically protect the portfolio through market cycles, reducing the magnitude of significant negative returns ...

S&P, ABN Amro appeals rejected in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2014
... reaffirms the recovery by the 12 Councils of around $25 million in losses following investments in complex synthetic derivatives - CPDOs - that were arranged by ABN AMRO, rated AAA by S&P and sold by LGFS prior to the global financial crisis. The Full ...

CFS FirstWrap adds Insync's Global Titans Fund

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
The Insync Global Titans Fund has been added to CFS FirstWrap. The Fund, which was launched in 2009, uses equity derivatives to protect investors during downturns. "We are delighted to join Colonial First State FirstWrap in the international equities ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... trading, fund of funds, ETFs and structured products divisions. He has also held senior equity proprietary trading, derivatives, structuring and supervisory roles at Rand Merchant Bank and Macquarie Bank in Australia, South Africa and the UK. "Michael ...

PROFILE: State Street Global Advisors CEO Lochiel Crafter

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... in pieces of paper," he recalls. Thanks to his mathematical and statistics degree, he was soon able to get a job as derivatives analyst and, from there, to quantitative investment analysis. "I had to come up with techniques that investors could employ ...

S&P 500: 22 corrections in 6 months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... gloom and doomers got it wrong... six months into 2014! Randy Frederick - "managing director of active trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, Texas" - interview with Reuters underscores the market's sentiment each and every time Wall Street ...

Federal Court finds S&P guilty in landmark ruling

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... of the GFC. The ruling means the councils will recover about $30 million in losses derived from complex synthetic derivatives known as constant proportion debt obligations, or CPDOs, that were arranged by ABN AMRO, rated AAA by S&P and sold by LGFS in ...