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Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... income securities investment from 2 per cent to six percent, and also lifted taxes on guarantees for futures and other derivatives operations to stem the inflow of foreign portfolio investment. Then there's Germany whose Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble ...

QIC offers instos inflation protection

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... As a result, the fund can invest in a broader range of instruments, including breakeven inflation swaps and other derivatives, nominal and inflation linked government bonds, cash and futures, not only from Australia but also from offshore markets, she ...

SimCorp launches "office of the future"

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
... incorporates such features as broad asset class coverage, theoretical valuation models and the decomposition of funds, index derivatives and other structured products. The suite includes three applications "Asset Manager", "Compliance Manager" and "Order ...

Plus Capital signs third distribution deal

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... Wild, previously head of marketing for Pioneer Investments in Australia, and Michael Dorph, former head of equity derivatives trading at Westpac. Wild told Financial Standard that Plus was attracted to Causeway's focus on delivering absolute returns ...

DTCIM selects Imagine software

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
DTC Investment Management (DTCIM) signs on to Imagine Software's Derivatives.com ASP service, joining Credit Suisse, Commonwealth Bank and Wachovia as the software group's growing list of financial services clients. Imagine's products features, among ...

Legg Mason Permal Global Absolute Trust earns high rating

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... rated it four-star, commending its use of ETFs, indices, individual stocks, fixed income products, over-the-counter derivatives and individual investments.

US fin reforms win pension fund support

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... rating agencies accountable for their products and services. It also imposes tough reporting requirements on financial derivatives, hedge funds and private equity funds; sets up a bureau to protect consumers in the financial marketplace; and establishes ...

Frozen fund investors get $36m settlement

COMMERCE COMMISSION RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
... July 2003 as an Australian unit trust. The fund invested in mostly collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) and used derivatives to hedge currency risk. The fund's objective was to outperform the New Zealand 90-day bank bill rate by 2 per cent per annum ...

Citigroup hires Macq compliance exec

CITIGROUP MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... franchise," said Roberts. Prior to Macquarie, Turner held senior roles with the Australian Stock Exchange, the Australian Derivatives Exchange, the Sydney Futures Exchange and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. She also ran her own ...

CFD health check prompts more oversight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2010
... advertisements are published or shown. ASIC is also releasing another regulatory guide, Client money relating to dealing in OTC derivatives, to provide issuers with guidance on the regulator's expectations on what they need to do to comply with the Corporations ...