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New claimants join class action against CBA

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Based on a Piper Alderman's experience in a similar case last year - in which the Federal Court found Standard & Poor's and ABN Amro liable for advice they gave to 13 local councils that bought complex financial instruments - Banton expects this class ...

Spain here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... guilty of negligence and "misleading and deceptive" when it gave a AAA (yes, that rating) to a financial asset created by ABN Amro back in 2006 (yes, those days). According to the Australian Financial Review, S&P's global director of public finance Kyran ...

NSW councils entitled to compo: Fed court

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... ruled yesterday that 13 NSW councils were entitled to compensation from ratings agency Standard & Poor's, investment bank ABN Amro and Local Government Financial Services (LGFS). The councils lost $16 million, or 93% of their capital investment, on the ...

Trading mistake forces Indian exchange crash

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
A $US125 million trading mistake last week caused India's National Stock Exchange to briefly crash, triggering a trading halt and a 15.5% fall on the main index. Mistakes made by a local brokerage in placing orders, saw the exchange's Nifty index fall ...

MMADX appoints head of sales

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2012
... short-term interest rate markets and credit trading. One of his most recent roles was as a director, head of credit trading at ABN AMRO where he worked for 13 years. In his new role, he will assume responsibility for recruiting MMADX's brokerage team ...

Two global infra hires: AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... functions in Europe and Asia within the international banking industry. He has worked at Lloyds Banking Group in London and ABN AMRO Bank in Singapore, London and Amsterdam. Jake Houseman has also been appointed senior vice president in the North American ...

UBS expands wholesale team

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012
... seventeen years of investment industry experience, having previously worked in sales roles at BTIM, Westpac Private Bank and ABN Amro. "Driven by the recent growth in our business, these key appointments will enhance our ability to serve our clients ...

MMADX appoints new executive director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
... UK, US, New Zealand and Asia. During his 25-year career in treasuries and global markets he has worked for firms including ABN AMRO, BZW and Barclays Bank. Go said the opportunity to build a new business suited to the new post-GFC world was a key driver ...

CAER and GBST launch new ESG tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
CAER and GBST have launched a new tool, aimed at assisting super funds and fund managers in managing environmental, social and governance risk. According to Global Financial Services Technology Provider (GBST) and Corporate Analysis Enhanced Responsibility ...

Mandiri open for Australian insto business

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... which is sourced from overseas institutions. Riyanto, who has lead Mandiri Investasi since 2004 after previous roles with ABN Amro and MeesPierson Finas Investment Management, said after establishing a range of money market and fixed interest funds they ...