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Electronic reports signify Stronger Super milestone

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... funds, drawing information from three administration systems, three accounting systems, four custodians and multiple asset managers. Gardiner said the group would continue to develop its electronic reporting solution to meet future obligations. "We've ...

Asset manager growth ambitions slowed by regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2013
Australian asset managers say their growth ambitions are being hindered by regulatory constraints and the burden of updating systems and process, according to a survey of 200 Asia Pacific managers commissioned by State Street. In a bid to improve transparency ...

Boutiques squeezed out by increasing compliance costs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2013
... room for the boutique asset manager is shrinking. More than two-thirds of respondents to our recent survey of 202 asset managers agree that there is a Big Squeeze occurring: the big get bigger, smaller firms prosper in a niche and the middle shrinks," ...

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... called for a rethink on the entire system. "Superannuation's a mess. We need a thorough review of asset management, asset managers and union-controlled super," he says. "The Labor party has done particularly well out of getting control of the super part ...

ETF Securities launches product creation service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
ETF Securities has launched CANVAS, a new service enabling asset managers from around the world to build and launch exchange-traded funds in Europe. The white-labelling service includes the ability to build ETFs using ETF Securities' infrastructure ...

Partnership gives local access to global hedge fund giant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... 'Jubilee Advisers', in March of this year. Permal, which is owned by Legg Mason, is one of the largest alternatives asset managers in the world with more than $23 billion in assets under management. "With scale becoming an increasingly important aspect ...

Super fund mergers pose capacity problem

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... said. Towers Watson Australia investment services director Graeme Miller agreed. He said that shaking a group of asset managers out of the industry could also result in better - and cheaper - opportunities for fund managers to add value. "The more competition ...

US delays tax avoidance law by 6 months

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... citizens by six months. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FACTA) requires foreign banks, insurance companies and asset managers to report information about accounts with more than $50,000 to the US Internal Revenue Service. The Treasury Department ...

Dismiss fixed income at your peril

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... lower, or at least stay low, the attractiveness of other income producing assets have increased. A number of other asset managers have turned their focus on similar multi-asset portfolios, most notably Russell Investments and Aberdeen Asset Management. ...

Bloomberg ASEAN roadshow kicks off

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... bonds issuance was also record high in 2012." Bloomberg's target audience for this new service are hedge funds, asset managers and regional banks. The roadshow event travels to five countries between 4 - 18 July including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia ...