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FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... said that while the APEC scheme faces competition from similarly crafted ASEAN and Chinese schemes, as well as the dominant UCITS structure, the Australian government is working to achieve commonality between the schemes so that they might one day be ...

AMP targets Asian investors with new UCITS funds

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
AMP Capital has made UCITS versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to institutional investors in Asia. AMP launched its new Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform in April 2014 with US$156 million ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... managing director Europe, Middle East and Africa Richard Shields. Campbell will also focus on fundraising for AMP Capital's UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) platform and for its unlisted infrastructure business. ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... return on an Australian fund just to tax equalise what you would have gained either by investing either in Asia or through UCITS structures into Europe. "So I see some of these funds passports doomed to fail if it's supposed to be based on reciprocity ...

AMP launches infrastructure and real estate UCITS platform

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
AMP Capital has made a Luxembourg-domiciled UCITS platform with versions of its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund and Global Real Estate Securities Fund available to investors in the UK, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The platform was made available ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... get off the ground because the majority of fund managers in the region are already aligning their products with European UCITS standards, according to EY Asia-Pacific and EMEIA asset management leader Roy Stockell. Stockell, who has worked for the professional ...

ETF Securities launches product creation service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... includes the ability to build ETFs using ETF Securities' infrastructure, set up a bespoke ETF platform, convert existing UCITS funds into ETFs or add an ETF share class into a UCITS fund. ETF Securities head of distribution EMEA Matt Johnson said the ...

Super board quality compromised over pay rates

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013
... Asian Funds Passport as a potential area of growth. The proposed Asia Funds Passport is the Asia Pacific version of Europe's UCITS funds. The concept of the Asian funds regional passport is an area of innovation for the Australian superannuation funds," ...

AQUA II poses a challenge to wraps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
... restrictions lifted on more complex managed funds - including Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) - he said, "This is a big step forward from wet signature regulations." But how do the big platforms feel about the ...

EDHEC-Risk reveals risk control plan

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... by fund managers. It would ensure that the depositary would be able to benefit from a total guarantee. This "Restricted UCITS" label would allow UCITS funds, which would rightly benefit from a secure image, to be marketed not only to European retail ...