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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 ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... over quarter of $1 million a year and are able to indulge in some very, very elaborate and sophisticated financial instruments and schemes." Instead, "we are talking about allowing more low-income people-people, for instance, in small micro businesses ...

Jenepe AM launches IPO fund with London partner

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... Islands and will be managed by Jenepe managing director Nicholas Pereza-Mathews. It will invest in a range of financial instruments focused on the initial public offering (IPO) sector. Pereza-Mathews previously managed the Australian Natural Resources ...

New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... found Standard & Poor's and ABN Amro liable for advice they gave to 13 local councils that bought complex financial instruments - Banton expects this class action against CBA in relation to CDOs to take a year to 18 months to complete.

Simple funds should avoid excessive regulation: Equity Trustees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... prove inadequate when the next bubble bursts," he said. "We need to recognise that investment products, and financial instruments generally, are now much more complex than they were when REs were introduced in 2000." Kalman calls for regulation based ...

IAS renews partnership with SS&C

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2012
... solution, designed to streamline the management of multiple client portfolios across markets, currencies and financial instruments. IAS said its continued use of SS&C's Global Wealth Platform confirms its ability to deliver managed account functionality ...

Less paperwork, less compliance risk: CCH

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... controllers the job. "Between now and June 30, there's 13 changes to those standards. And one of the changes is financial instruments, which is a really big deal and effects the way you report revenue. Another one is the way that leases are reported," ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
... manager their exposure to interest rate risk. And according to the survey, pension funds which have used financial instruments to manage risk have generally "suffered less" during the GFC. Interestingly, while most DB plans have been hurt financially ...