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Liquidnet appoints Australia head

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... company said. She replaces Murrough O'Brien who in July picked up the job of Chi-x's director for institutional sales. Liquidnet executes trades for buy-side traders from Australian asset managers as well as global firms investing in the Australian ...

ETFs attracting more money than LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... LICS at 241 vs 110. Advisers have been active on both sides of the equation with most ETF managers saying 80-85% of their sales are though the self-directed and SMSF channel. While some IPO advisers say advisers are now taking up an equal share of LIC ...

AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... quickly established a solid foundation for future success. Rebecca is a true Rising Star," Kewin said. ANZ Wealth head of sales Don Sillar recognised Pritchard's background at KPMG was central to her success. "Rebecca's professional experience ...

ASIC provides relief for naked short selling

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... those instruments due to expire. ASIC said the new relief and modifications allow ETF market makers to make naked short sales in ETFs and managed funds in the course of making a market in units in those funds. The corporate regulator added the relief ...

Sequoia adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2018
... income, followed by over 14 years at Merrill Lynch International in Sydney and London. Martin's responsibilities included sales and trading, risk management, product development, debt syndications and debt capital markets. Early this year, Sequoia added ...

Freedom drops chief, slashes workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... restructure, following a business review. As at June 2018, Freedom had 229 employees, the majority (165) were call centre sales and customer service staff. Following the restructure, which was conducted with the help of Deloitte, only 90 employees will ...

The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... Many more of us come from a marketing or PR background, and I feel that adds an extra dimension in terms of pushing for sales and marketing initiatives." "Funds are sold not bought, and investment trusts need to up their game," she said.

NAFTA's dead, welcome USMCA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... intellectual property rights, encourage car production into countries paying higher wages and to raise the threshold on duties and sales taxes applied on cross-border purchases. In turn, the US agreed to keep the Chapter 19 dispute resolution mechanism ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... many excesses. "We know how that greed was allowed to spiral out of control. It was because of conflicted remuneration, a sales culture that put profits before people and senior bankers and executives of financial corporations who were content to ride ...

Banking remuneration practices to blame for misconduct

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... conduct of intermediaries that is not consistent with the interests of the customer," noted the report. "The emphasis given to sales and profit, and the rewards that were given for selling the employer's product, are central reasons for the conduct ...