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ANZ appoints a new head of Private Banking

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... to world-class investment capabilities, as well as connecting clients to the significant wealth flows across the Asia Pacific region. Mike is an experienced private banker, with a proven track record of delivering exceptional service to clients," she ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... its journey to drive up ethical standards and embrace professional education," CFA Institute managing director of Asia Pacific Paul Smith said. "Aspiring to adopt these values will create more resilient firms and a stronger future for finance," he added. ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Vanguard has appointed Jeffrey Johnson to lead its investment strategy and research team for Vanguard Asia Pacific. He will oversee a team of four senior investment analysts and economists with responsibility for promoting and enhancing Vanguard's reputation ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... lie for Australian investors, we also speak to State Street Global Advisors' head of active quantitative equity for Asia Pacific Olivia Engel about her move from the Canberra suburbs to Sydney's frenetic finance world. We also investigate why industry ...

ANZ partners with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... experiencing very dynamic growth," Vontobel chief executive Zeno Staub said. "We will provide our clients across the Asia Pacific region with world-class investment and asset allocation solutions, which includes expertise and capability in global asset ...

Instos willing to improve data management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... management will emerge as leaders." The survey was conducted among 400 institutional investors all over the world. Asia Pacific respondents accounted for 134 of the total and 16% of those were Australian. About 58% of the respondents were institutional ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific head of private banking Francesco de Ferrari has criticised the industry's commonplace transaction-based fee structures for not being in clients' best interests. He told Financial Standard that charging clients when they ...

Mercer picks Milestone's APRA reporting solution

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... adaptable to potential future regulatory changes. Mark Neary, Milestone Group's managing director, business development, Asia Pacific, said: "Mercer has been extremely proactive in responding to APRA's rule changes, closely considering the need for strong ...

Baird proposes tax changes for NSW infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... proceeds would be used to revitalise Newcastle, in what he called "one of the great urban revitalisation projects across Asia Pacific." "From a community point of view, that's starting to get real traction," he said. Regarding the potential privatisation ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing director Paul Smith. The losses investors experienced during the GFC have prompted the industry to review its processes ...