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Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... said. In December 2017, the FSC called for the government to place a priority on negotiating a tax treaty with Luxembourg and Hong Kong in its pre-budget submission. Luxembourg funds have about $US 4.5 trillion in net assets under management, by far ...

Artificial intelligence to become commonplace at instos

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
... will occur within the respective businesses over the next two years. Local instos are more bullish on AI than Singapore and Hong Kong-based clients, the global custodian notes, saying the Asia Pacific counterparts anticipate adoption happening in two ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... flout their responsibilities," Aandahl said in a statement. Blue Orca Capital's first short selling idea will be released in Hong Kong soon. The team has experience in forensic accounting, law, investigative reporting and investment banking. The privately-owned ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... funds, not just ACSI members. ACSI highlighted stewardship codes exist in many global markets including the UK, US, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa but this is the first stewardship code to focus exclusively on the activities of Australian asset owners. ...

Commonwealth Bank CFO resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... officer Rob Jesudason has resigned with immediate effect after less than 12 months in the role. Jesudason is relocating to Hong Kong after being appointed as group president and chief operating officer of Block.one; publisher of EOSIO blockchain software ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... to cut taxes for investors. The scrapped iShares ETFs were indexed to Russell 2000, MSCI Singapore, Global Telecom, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI BRIC. The group's ticker codes are: IRU, IXP, ISG, IHK and IBK. BlackRock is giving investors until the close ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... life insurance, and retirement savings. It wants the government to prioritise negotiating a tax treaty with Luxembourg and Hong Kong and improve on existing tax treaties in addition to special withholding tax rate for Passport funds like last year. The ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... financial year in July. The five dropped iShares ETFs were indexed to Russell 2000, MSCI Singapore, Global Telecom, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI BRIC. "We believe some exposures are better served with our remaining range, and this change will allow BlackRock ...

Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... director, Australian distribution. She will report to head of Australia and New Zealand Elizabeth Trinh, who is based in Hong Kong. American Century already manages about $2 billion in Australian funds from both institutional investors and platforms. ...

Research expert joins Fidelity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... 15 June 2018. Patel will report to Henk-Jan Rikkerink, Fidelity International's global head of research, who is located in Hong Kong and oversees 143 equity analysts. He led the Australian research team at T. Rowe Price for more than seven years and ...