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Fatigue and profit-based incentives driving risk culture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... placed in a lab environment for one hour and mimicked investment decisions made by bank executives, including buying securities, granting loans and underwriting insurance. Allowed to invest in up to 60 transactions, the participants completed some simple ...

Former investment bankers behind new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2017
... investment experience having previously served as a managing director at JPMorgan Chase Bank, executive manager - structured securities at Commonwealth Bank and chief executive of VentureCrowd. Miller was most recently managing director and head of derivatives ...

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... already delivering productivity and innovation benefits to the nation's trillion-dollar wealth industry. BNP Paribas Securities Services has progressively stepped up its blockchain expertise in the Australian market because it sees a nation filled with ...

Advice, ETFs and SMAs form powerful combination

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... implementation of this ETF model portfolio, these advisers were building bespoke portfolios primarily using direct securities and managed funds. Using the ETF portfolio, the ICR on average for their client base, went from 90 basis points to 35," Howie ...

DNR scores high in first Zenith SMA review

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... redemptions; the portfolios combine "the advantages of professional asset management with the flexibility of direct securities ownership"; and given that investors have beneficial ownership of the underlying assets, they do not need to sell their entire ...

Former ME Bank chief joins Powerwrap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... investment management and property development. In addition to Powerwrap, Wamsteker also sits on the board of Primary Securities - a Responsible Entity for managed investment schemes. Powerwrap chairman Matthew Driscoll said: "Anthony Wamsteker is an ...

In-house investment bears fruit for AustralianSuper

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... fund's asset allocation decisions which "to date have been pretty good." "AustralianSuper has about 3% in fixed interest securities and the average super fund is 12 to 13%. We plead guilty to that and to receiving the benefits of that decision," Silk ...

Warne flags executive reshuffle at Macquarie AGM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... finance Nick O'Kane has joined the executive committee. As above, these changes follow Macquarie merging Macquarie Securities Group (MSG) and the Commodities and Financial Markets Group (CFM) in November, creating the Commodities and Global Markets Group ...

Boutique manager selects A-REIT and small-cap specialists

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... and deliver consistent outperformance across time." The second addition to the Alpha Fund Managers suite is an A-REIT securities fund manager. The Folkestone Maxim A-REIT Securities Fund was selected for its high conviction, actively managed strategy ...

Atlantic Pacific Securities rebrands for wealth focus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
Diversified funds management and financial advice firm Atlantic Pacific Securities is rebranding to ASR Wealth Advisers. The rebranding from APSEC to ASR Wealth Advisers (ASRW) aims to better align with the Australian Stock Report brand which is also ...