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Tyndall AM appoints investment risk manager

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... risk manager. Collins was previously with JP Morgan as a market risk analyst with responsibility for the Asia equity derivatives business and for reviewing the daily VaR and risk scenario movements. He has more than eight years' experience in similar ...

ASIC beefs up surveillance system

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... across futures and equities in real time are now operational. According to financial services software provider First Derivatives, which was behind the upgrade, provides ASIC with new capabilities in identifying fraud across and between different markets. ...

ASX launches new resources, financial sector futures

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013

Russell multi-manager funds get top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... to portfolio construction, one in which asset-class exposures are gained through discrete investment vehicles, with derivatives more commonly used to enact active asset allocation strategies. Zenith will release the ratings outcomes of its single manager ...

ASIC rescues lower risk products from 'hedge fund' label

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... exhibits two or more of the following characteristics: has a complex investment structure, makes use of leverage, uses derivatives, it shorts stocks or charges a performance fee. According to the report, these characteristics mean that investors in these ...

Laminar awarded hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013
... at The Star in Sydney yesterday. The fixed interest fund invests in a range of corporate bonds, bank debt, credit derivatives, bank loans, commercial paper, hybrid securities and mortgage and asset backed securities. It has returned 17% in the 12 months ...

ASIC finds hedge funds pose no systemic risk

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... surveyed fund managers' greatest gross exposures, with almost one-third of this being Australian equities. Equity derivatives and G10 sovereign bonds are the next two most-popular asset classes, with exposures of US$8.2 billion and US$6.9 billion respectively. ...

Investors risk being left behind by renewable energy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... gather the most upside from these inefficiencies, the Nanuk Clean Energy Fund is able to take short positions and uses derivatives to hedge out policy risk. "Stocks in the renewable energy and sustainability universe are driven by inordinate news and ...

ASIC orders additional AFSL conditions on Sydney firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... is a Sydney-based financial services business trading as Roco Forex which provides services in foreign exchange and derivatives. Roco's main business is dealing and making a market in margin foreign exchange contracts to retail clients. ASIC has also ...

Zenith recommends BT alpha fixed interest fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... Investment Partners. The fund invests mainly in the Australian and New Zealand fixed interest markets, predominantly using derivatives including swaps, options, futures and forwards to achieve its investment exposures. It aims to outperform the UBS Bank ...