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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 ...

Data dictates immediate BOE action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... forward their expectations for policy normalisation in the UK especially after Governor Mark Carney's remarks at the European Central Bank Forum in Portugal. The one where Carney declared that, "Some removal of monetary stimulus is likely to become necessary ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... growth. In the next five years, 36% are aiming to expand distribution networks and reduce fees to attract investors. European respondents are more concerned about regulations governing liquidity risk, with 40% ranking it as one of their top three threats ...

Link Group makes $1.5bn UK acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... complementary to Link Group and represents an attractive platform for our company's further expansion into the UK and European markets," McMurtrie said. "Whilst Link Group has been a market leader in Australian for a number of years and has had a presence ...

Good oil, bad oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... US$56.34. Should the decline in oil prices persist, central banks will have a problem (an inflation problem) - supporting the European Central Bank's (ECB) concern over the durability and sustainability of accelerating growth in consumer prices while ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... impact it will have on Europe-based companies has been virtually ignored. "There are hundreds of banks in London with a European headquarters. What are they going to do? They have to think about Brexit as well. Are they going to just leave London? They've ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... given the improving macro dynamics in the US economy. No surprises too that financial markets are speculating that the European Central Bank (ECB) would follow suit...and soon. After all the Eurozone economy's gaining momentum. GDP growth accelerated ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... correlation to other asset classes." "These characteristics, combined with stable credit quality and favourable treatment by European regulators, enable them to play meaningful roles in diversifying the portfolios of non-US investors," Todd said. The ...

BlackRock snares share of robo-adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... operating officer EMEA Patrick Olson will join the firm's advisory board to assist its strategy to expand further into the European market. BlackRock led the recent second round of capital raising, bringing the total funds received by Scalable Capital ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... Board," Kewin said. The appointment coincides with the signing on a Memorandum of Understanding between the APFinSA and the European Financial Planning Association to begin the process of having the APFinSA's Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner designation ...