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Investment manager criminally charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
The Australian arm of a global investment management company has been charged with breaching client money obligations. Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) is facing criminal charges in Sydney on two counts of failing to pay client money into ...

Citi to expand local securities team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Global financial services giant Citi Group is planning to boost the presence of its Sydney-based securities services team, as it onboards a suite of new custody clients. Citi is expecting to build out its Sydney footprint after it finalised a client ...

Westpac not evacuated, misinformation abounds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
Following reports that Westpac's Sydney offices were evacuated due to a coronavirus scare, the bank has confirmed it is business as usual. The discovery of three Westpac employees at its Barangaroo offices with suspected cases of COVID-19 forced ...

Diversity should not exclude white men: Thinking Ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
Thinking about diversity as more than simply a matter of gender and race could benefit organisations, especially in the investment and pension industries, according to the co-head of the Thinking Ahead Institute. Thinking Ahead Institute at Willis Towers ...

Sargon lender sends in voluntary administrators

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Taiping Trustees on Friday appointed voluntary administrators for Sargon Capital and two Trimantium companies, in what could eventually decide Sargon's fate. Wexted Advisors' Andrew McCabe and Joseph Hayes were on March 6 appointed as the voluntary ...

BNP Paribas hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Vanguard's institutional sales team has copped another departure, as an institutional sales manager moves to BNP Paribas' asset management business. Abdul Elhage was an institutional sales manager at Vanguard for nearly five years and left last month. ...

Netflix-for-funds bolsters leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
Forum 360 has moved to strengthen its leadership, with the addition of two experienced executives to its advisory board. Forum 360 co-founder and chief executive Rowland Hirst has confirmed the appointment of former Business Council of Australia chair ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

FICAP 2020 weeks away

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
The countdown to the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 2020 fundraiser and singing competition 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar?' is on. Slated for March 26, the 14th annual event sees financial services professionals vie for the title ...

Stanford Brown hires Deloitte director, acquires firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The Sydney wealth and advice firm has hired a senior director from Deloitte, as it kicks off its accounting offering with an acquisition of a local practice. Stanford Brown has appointed Dean Crossingham to head the accounting business. Crossingham ...