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Calastone adopts blockchain

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... and permissioned-based blockchain infrastructure in 2019, the company announced. The new technology will enable the mutual funds market to operate more efficiently, reduce costs and risks, and responded quicker to evolving customer demands, it said. ...

Japanese broker targets Aussie SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... online brokerage company in 1999. At the time it was purely for Japanese customers to trade Japanese equities and mutual funds. Later it added international products such as FX and US equities. In 2009, Monex acquired BOOM Securities in Hong Kong - reportedly ...

AMP Capital appoints independent directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... reconstituted Managed Investment Schemes Compliance Committee for AMP Capital's other REs, ipac Asset Management and National Mutual Funds Management.

Vanguard global chief executive steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... trillion in assets managed by the fixed income, equity index, and quantitative equity groups across more than 300 mutual funds and ETFs. Davis led the fixed income group since 2014 and prior to that served as chief investment officer for Asia Pacific ...

Blockchain feasibility test successful: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... technology company Calastone completed the first phase of its blockchain testing by analysing the trades and settlement of mutual funds. This involved testing a large volume of trades across global markets to give a better understanding of how to best ...

Fiduciary rule introduced in United States

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
... the US$17 billion figure only accounts for individual retirement accounts (IRAs) which comprise stocks, bonds or mutual funds. The true figure is likely much higher as it does not consider the amount being lost in 401(k) accounts, though the new fiduciary ...

PIMCO fund "Highly Recommended"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... Fund also attracted US $16.7 billion in net new inflows in 2016, outpacing all other actively managed stock and bond mutual funds in the US - according to the Morningstar Direct US Asset Flows Update as at January 2017. PIMCO head of Australia and New ...

Australia winning silver in APAC fintech race

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... Asia-Pacific portion of State Street's global survey of 2000 investors and 500 investment providers comprised 150 banks, mutual funds, alternative investment managers and fintech start-ups. Of that group, 87% said digital transformation - that is, investing ...

Fund administrator opens in Cayman Islands

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... including the core strategy of providing comprehensive fund services to clients. It said there are more than 10,000 mutual funds registered or licensed with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority with assets of US$5.7 trillion. Chief executive of MainstreamBPO's ...

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Investors and Capital Research Global Investors. He was also director and vice chair of the boards of a number of mutual funds in the American Funds family. Capital Group managing director Australia and New Zealand, Paul Hennessy said: "Michael brings ...