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State Street pushes Asian Funds passport

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... to contend with at home. "Getting the Asian passport concept on to the agenda of regional organisations will be one of the keys to building political consensus and momentum," the report said. The report added that several market trends, including increasing ...

The lure of the boutique

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
... the boutique funds management community, S&P said that succession planning, depth of staff and early notification were the keys to retaining ratings after key departures, citing the departure of Ken West from Perennial as an example of a departure that ...

Liquidnet signs deal with Instinet

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
Liquidnet has formed a partnership with electronic trading provider Instinet to give Liquidnet clients access to the firm's buy side-only network through Newport 3 EMS. Lee Porter, head of Liquidnet Asia Pacific said the firm's connectivity with Instinet's ...

Death by algorithm

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
What does it take to wipe out more than US$1,000,000,000,000 on Wall Street? Punching "B" instead of "M" on your keyboard. Panic set on Wall Street overnight as the Dow went into a freefall to record its worst ever intra-day drop of 998.5 points. Was ...

WB Financial appoints CEO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... WB Financial Management has appointed former general manager of Professional Investment Services (PIS) New Zealand, David Keys, as chief executive. Besides his role at PIS, Keys has also worked across a number of senior roles in several major Australian ...

Zurich hires former AIG exec

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed former AIG UK executive, Shane Doyle, as general manager of general insurance after Andrew Barrowman announced he is stepping down from the role. Doyle previously worked at AIG for 15 years across a ...

Shadforth searches for more practices

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
The Shadforth Financial Group is looking to attract other practices to the fold after 13 financial planning firms started to operate under the brand yesterday. The 'Best Advice' project or 'Project East-West' as it is also known as, combined 13 financial ...

Not a happy EOFYS on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2009
... and immoral perhaps but very easy to do given that most US mortgage loans are non-recourse - borrowers simply hand over the keys to their banks and walk away. An easy decision when your mortgage debt is greater than the value of your house. And according ...

BT and Shadforth extend Wrap deal

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
BT Financial Group has extended the firm's platform arrangement with Shadforth Financial Group for another three years, ahead of 12 separate financial planning firms joining the group in July. This announcement comes after a five-year arrangement with ...

Out with the new old

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
... control and economic fortunes have been changing at the speed of light ever since the first sub-prime borrower handed over his keys to the bank. But have economic and financial conditions stood still now, that this new forecast makes it more reliable ...