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ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... wide variety of different investment products such as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) that are organised as collective investment schemes, exchange-traded commodities (ETC), exchange-traded notes (ETN), exchange-traded instruments (ETI), and exchange-traded ...

Asia Pacific $23.5bn local investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... such figures, according to the FSC, and further supports the need for an Investment Manager Regime and a Collective Investment Vehicle Regime. FSC chief executive, John Brogden, said the findings further supported the recommendations outlined by the ...

Equity Trustees calls for more from teeth behind RE reforms

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Financial services firm Equity Trustees has welcomed the regulator's call for tighter rules around RE licensing and said any reforms must match the increasing complexities of fund products now available to investors. Harvey Kalman, head of funds management ...

World-class Aussie funds reach Europe through UCITS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... endure in the past. The new set of EU directives fall under UCITS IV, which stands for the 'Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities'. These laws allow collective investment schemes to operate in the region based on the single ...

IOSCO warns against structured products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2009
... Task Force on the Subprime Crisis that was published in May 2008. The central focus of the review was how collective investment schemes representing retail investors became involved with structured investments that it turned they did not understand ...

EC's reforms could be fatal to hedgies

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... VaR" or relative value at risk measure with a maximum ratio of two. This means UCITS - Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities - funds will be able to have twice the risk of for example, a technology index. The firm warns that ...

Age of the virtual super regulator

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2008
... of these are the mutual recognition arrangements signed between Australia and Hong Kong in July regarding collective investment schemes or the agreement between US and Australia in August on their respective stock exchanges regulation. Diplock said the ...

US and Aus open equities borders

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2008
... countries will see fit to expand the scope of mutual recognition to also include the cross border offer of collective investment vehicles," said Gilbert.

Praemium expands UK funds

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2008
... said Arthur Naoumidis, Praemium chief executive. "By bringing these risk-based models within the SMARTfund collective investment scheme structure, advisers will be able to access funds which are constructed on the research they already use but within ...

Aust and HK strengthen retail ties

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2008
... licensing, product disclosure and fund-raising requirements. The mutual recognition is extended to authorised collective investment schemes that are regulated primarily by the SFC and managed by SFC-licensed managers, as well as ASIC-registered financial ...