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Retirement solution upside for investment managers: Oliver Wyman

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... 2013, and conservative capital buffers from 2016 to potentially impact (the AM) sector with higher capital/leverage requirements that require global and local banks to deleverage. He also expects global initiatives around capital and liquidity to create ...

Bond CFDs, charting tools now on Saxo platform

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... European debt with favourable terms compared to those offered on the futures markets. These terms include lower margin requirements, lower minimum trade sizes and tick values, plus no financing costs, exchange fees or minimum commissions. It's understood ...

ASIC raises bar on OTC derivatives

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
Issuers of OTC derivatives, including CFDs and margin foreign exchange derivatives, will have to meet new financial requirements just released by ASIC. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) yesterday announced an increase in minimum ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... is behind a number of platforms providing FOFA compliant products that offer wholesale pricing, stripped of distribution margin. It may in fact be the precursor to low-cost platforms going direct to market. "The introduction of My Super will see an increased ...

The road to ruin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2011
... lowest among euro area sovereigns. Moreover, the global financial and economic crisis is eroding the country's fiscal margin for manoeuvre. However, Moody's does not base its ratings on debt levels per se and will monitor both the political and ...

Tax strategies from ATO, Cavendish

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011
... able to withdraw the amount won't apply until the 2011/12 Financial Year "Anyone who exceeds the cap by the smallest of margin in 2010/11 will suffer the same fate as those in the years since the caps were introduced."

Property managers stifled by lenders

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... abolishing or equalising Stamp Duty in Australia, while the possibility of managers being given stricter capital adequacy requirements on NTAs is another concern. ADPIA has proposed to change its name to the Property Funds Association of Australia. A ...

ASIC moves to protect OTC retail investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... of trading OTC derivatives. "Owners of issuers of complex and risky OTC derivatives such as contracts for difference and margin forex should have enough skin-in-the-game to commit to the success of the business and its compliance with laws," said Greg ...

ASIC new guidance for AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2011
Holders of an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) now face updated guidance including guides on margin lending facilities, simple managed investment schemes and certain superannuation products. Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

ASIC cracks down on CFD trading

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... ensuring client suitability, disclosing counterparty-risk, stewardship of client monies and practices where issuers make margin calls on clients. The benchmark draws on similar disclosure requirements for unlisted, unrated debentures which ASIC introduced ...