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HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Hong Kong's funds management market climbed 10.5% during 2014 to reach a high of $2.8 trillion, revealed the HK Securities and Futures Commission. Despite the dramatic growth in the HK market, it is only slightly ahead of the Australian FUM market that ...

Government could force QIC to fund Queensland infra

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
The Labor government in Queensland could force QIC to reduce its international and cash exposure to allocate more funds to the State's infrastructure. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt said in his first budget speech that over the next six months the ...

Mercer appoints new custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015
... replaces NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) as custodian. This followsA NAS losing its mandate with Victorian Funds Management Corporation to State Street in June. At the same time, NAS announced it had retained its custody mandate with VicSuper. In May, NAS ...

Queensland director banned for two years

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has banned a Queensland company director from providing financial services for two years after failing to ensure the company complied as a Responsible Entity under the Corporations Act. Between ...

Bank glitch delays government super payments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
A problem with the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation's bank has delayed the superannuation payments to thousands of retirees. The CSC said on Friday morning that "about 99% of payments by value and volume were processed yesterday and that they ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... separate traditional banks that have savings and checking accounts and are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from riskier financial institutions that offer services such as investment banking, insurance, swaps dealing, and hedge fund ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... are Suncorp Life's chief executive stepping down after seven years in the position and Victorian Funds Management Corporation appointing a new chairman. Suncorp Life boss to step down - Geoff Summerhayes will step down from his role on September 30 after ...

Superannuation specialist joins Catholic Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
Catholic Super recently appointed Catherine Muller as a senior superannuation specialist. Muller left a sales and relationship management role at Computershare and was previously member education and advice consultant at Kinetic Super. She has more ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... interest rates and had to be basically bailed out by the Bank of England." S.G. Warburg was purchased by Swiss Bank Corporation in 1995 and became UBS Warburg after SBC merged with UBS in 1998. In the meantime, Hoyle took on a series of trading positions ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... responsible investment engagement services for New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund), Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Government Superannuation Fund (GSF). Co-chief executive of BMO Global Asset Management, Barry McInerney, said ...