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ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... significant progress in collecting offshore tax revenue. Even countries previously thought of as 'tax havens', such as Switzerland and the Cayman Islands, are working to increase transparency. Last year we significantly increased our information requests ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2014
... weekend despite poorly-received US jobs data. The Swiss stock market and franc held up after a shock vote in favour of Switzerland restricting immigration with the European Union. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.30 per cent at 6,591.55 ...

PIMCO chief El-Erian steps down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... will remain chief investment officer. Craig Dawson, managing director and current head of PIMCO Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, will become head of Strategic Business Management. "Mohamed has been a great leader, business builder and thought ...

Skaffold makes Asia deal with Thomson Reuters

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013

Fabris promoted to Zurich global head of Distribution

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... has been promoted to the role of Global head of New Distribution. In his new role, Fabris will be based in Zurich, Switzerland, and will have a global mandate to drive the evolution of distribution strategies within Zurich's markets around the world. ...

SMSFs show appetite for direct overseas shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... in the market. Skaffold Global provides analyses of stocks on exchanges in the US, UK, Europe, Hong Kong, Canada, Switzerland and Singapore.

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... per capita in Australia stood close to US$344,000, well above the US$28,000 global average and the second only to Switzerland, at US$498,000 for 2012. Collectively, Australian millionaires hold 15.5% of the country's wealth, which is far below the global ...

AMP Capital raises US$300m for infra debt fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... announce further investments shortly," he said. Investors in the IDF II include pension funds from the UK, US, Australia, Switzerland, and "one of the top insurance companies in South Korea." AMP Capital Chief Executive International and Head of Global ...

Zenith execs to head consultancy firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... in 1992 and has over $7.0 billion in fee earning assets. It has offices in Hong Kong, Zurich, Lausanne, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom and New York. "Gottex is one of the largest hedge fund allocators in Asia and today's announcement further ...

China's rebalancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... Dudley remarked in his speech at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) 2013 Annual General Meeting in Basel, Switzerland that "financial stability is a necessary prerequisite for an effective monetary policy". Minneapolis Fed head honcho Naranaya ...