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Technical Services Forum tackles super challenges

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... Attendees were then quizzed on multiple issues affecting aged care, including which assets will be assessed as financial instruments for aged care means testing purposes, characteristics of insurance bonds and which individuals qualify as protected p ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... framework where derivatives make more sense." Referencing Milliman research on super funds' use of these financial instruments, Armitage said that 69% of respondents used derivatives as a derivative overlay, 31% considered them a core component of their ...

Less room for mid-tier asset managers: Stern

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... almost dramatic to say it, but because of the regulatory changes we're seeing, like [the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II)] and its effects on brokerages, you're either going to be over $1 trillion in assets or you're going to ...

Liquidnet opens doors to Pakistani equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... that given the increasing regulatory constraints put on asset managers as a result of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) policies, Liquidnet's launch in Pakistan will "offer best execution in a market where this can be extremely ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... Half of alternative asset managers with offices outside the European Union will apply the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) policies globally - for those firms delegating portfolio management to a third country, this figure rises ...

World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... a "leader in the emerging social investment market." The portfolio is expected to cover a wide range of financial instruments from endowment and grants through to loans, impact investments, impact bonds, convertible notes and venture equity, the job ...

Rising yields benefit active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... yield curve to minimise capital losses, Acosta added. Active managers have the prerogative to invest in the financial instruments best-suited to different interest rate environments, he said.One option available is investing in floating rate notes which ...

Liquidnet acquires global tech firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2017
... buy-side clients in making better-informed trading decisions through the lens of the EU's new Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) regulation. MiFID II will have wide-ranging effects on global markets, especially with regards to the ...

LRBA loophole for SMSFs removed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... balance cap in retirement. ATO statistics show that SMSFs currently hold $24.3 billion in LRBAs, with these financial instruments being predominantly used to invest in residential and non-residential property in an almost 50-50 split. SMSF Association ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... affecting housing affordability. "ATO statistics show that SMSFs hold $24.3 billion in LRBAs, with these financial instruments being predominantly used to invest in residential and non-residential property in an almost 50-50 split," said SMSFA managing ...