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King to relaunch Sovereign after Mercer restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... told Financial Standard he departed Mercer following the company's acquisition of Strategic Capital Management (SCM), a Swiss institutional investment adviser focusing on private equity, real estate and infrastructure. Mercer confirmed that King's departure ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... Mib advanced 0.75 per cent after the long May 1 weekend. Switzerland's SMI moved 0.21 per cent higher as share prices of Swiss agro-chemical company Syngenta surged 8.11 per cent on unconfirmed reports that US giant Monsanto is interested in a merger. ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... for the privilege of lending money - as in the case of Switzerland - there's more than plenty. According to Reuters, "The Swiss Federal Treasury said it sold 232.501 million Swiss francs ($242 million) of bonds maturing in July 2025 at a yield of -0.055 ...

CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... than 15 years' experience in senior corporate affairs roles in Australia and globally, including Commonwealth Bank, HSBC, Swiss Re, APRA and Perpetual. "Appointing a senior advocate for Australia and New Zealand gives us more scope to focus on important ...

You sexy thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... others racing to the bottom and those that have already hit the pavement are digging some more with negative interest rates (Swiss National Bank) or QE-ing (BOJ and ECB). All designed to shoo investors away from their national legal tenders and towards ...

Australia and Switzerland agree tax crackdown

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey and Swiss Ambassador Marcel Stutz have agreed to increase cooperation to tackle tax evasion. Under the agreement, the Australian Taxation Office will automatically receive details of financial accounts such as investment ...

ATO recovers $30 million from HSBC accounts

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... After the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) published a report on Monday detailing how HSBC's Swiss banking arm assisted clients in avoiding domestic tax obligations from 2005 to 2007, the ATO revealed it has been investigating ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... London's FTSE 100 index dipped 0.24 per cent to end the day at 6,837.15 points, with HSBC shares sliding on claims that its Swiss banking division had helped rich clients dodge taxes. Elsewhere, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index shed 1.69 per cent to 10,663.51 ...

When Harry met Sally syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... more central banks - big and small - are getting the 'when Harry met Sally syndrome' - "I'll have what she's having". The Swiss National Bank jumpstarted it all with its "surprise" decision to abandon its CHF1.20/euro peg. This was the same time as the ...

Central bank surprises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... 2015 and thus far, we've gotten central bank surprises a-plenty... and they're not kinder surprises either. We've seen the Swiss National Bank (SNB) stomp the CHF1.20/euro line in the sand it drew way back in September 2011 and the Reserve Bank of India ...