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China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... funds to high-net-worth and institutional Chinese investors. It complements UBS AM's existing Chinese operations. UBS AM president Ulrich Koerner described China as a key growth market for his group, adding: "Our goal is to be a leading asset manager ...

The Trump risk on global trade

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... cause or threaten to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of a like or directly competitive product, the President shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, proclaim increased duties or other import restrictions with respect ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... For the last 13 years Petering led the private investor product group at Goldman Sachs, and prior to that was a vice president at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong for five years. The appointment follows iShares expanding its distribution team to meet the growing ...

MetLife restructures US and UK operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... policies and annuities will be written by companies under the new Brighthouse banner, led by MetLife executive vice president Eric Steigerwalt. Companies under the Brighthouse banner include MetLife Insurance Company USA, General American Life Insurance ...

Fintechs pose disintermediation threat: CFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... peer-to-peer lending have the highest potential to disintermediate the financial services industry. CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said innovation in these areas will likely disrupt financial institutions together with artificial intelligence ...

Good goings-on in China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... on page 6 of the financial media. This could be because when it comes to China, good news is no news. Except for US president Trump's renewed import tariff threat to China -- because it doesn't "help us" rein in Pyongyang - Beijing's outlook had been ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... oversight of the code and members' adherence to it. The three LCCC members are former Australian Law Reform Commission president David Weisbrot, former Actuaries Institute president David Goodsall and Financial Rights Legal Centre principal solicitor ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June FOMC statement - when the Fed lifted ...

ANZ appoints chief underwriter

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... that, Tilocca held multiple roles at the Reinsurance Group of America, including director business development and vice president, underwriting and claims. He was also chief underwriter at ING from 2002 to 2006. "Over the past few months, Peter has provided ...

Eurozone gaining momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... because the ECB is concerned about the durability and sustainability of inflation. This was explicitly stated by ECB president Mario Draghi, in the Q&A forum of his June press conference: "The four conditions are in the definition of our objective, which ...