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Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... are heading. "With a social licence versus a legal licence, market manipulation might have been seen as just a diverse trading strategy, now it's clearly illegal," he said. "One of the hard things we see in regulation is what we call harmful but legal ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... recently launched two exchange-traded managed funds on the ASX: the Platinum International Managed Fund (Quoted Managed Fund) trading under PIXX, and the Platinum Asia Fund (Quoted Managed Fund) trading under PAXX. PIXX invests in an underlying performance ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... understanding of and contacts across the Asia Pacific - where many Australian and New Zealand companies are increasingly trading - will add great value to the governance of ANZ."

BNP Paribas shuts out non-renewable energy producers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... new global financing policy whereby it will no longer finance the exploration, production, distribution, marketing or trading of oil and gas from shale and/or oil from tar sands or do business with companies that derive the majority of their revenue ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... finish in 21 years or since December 1996. The rally remains in full swing with the Nikkei-225 index ending last week's trading at 21,155.18 points and up some more to 21,255.56 points yesterday. There was no shortage of explanations for the Nikkei's ...

Rising star scores major absolute return mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... return strategy for Infocus subsidiary Alpha Fund Managers. Sheen and Selvaratnam were previously head of proprietary trading and head of equities respectively at Credit Suisse; their fund combines a long-only equities strategy with quant-based short-term ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... 0.7% in 2016. What's more the VStoxx - the Euro's version of the VIX index - shows there's little fear. It's currently trading at a reading of 12.6, not far from the record low of 11.2 hit in mid-March this year and many miles away from the all-time ...

ASIC outlines industry funding costs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... charged a minimum levy of $1000. This will be graduated based on the number of full-time equivalent staff engaged in OTC trading activities. Financial advice licensees that provide personal advice to retail clients on financial products will pay a minimum ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
... solutions to our growing key client segments across asset managers, banking, commercials, hedge funds and proprietary trading," Duffy said. CME managing director and head of Asia-Pacific Christopher Fix added: "Australia is central to CME Group's growth ...

Small cap veteran joins listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... addition to the team. Tim is a skilled stock picker and previous portfolio manager with a history of identifying stocks trading below their intrinsic value and a welcome addition to the team," Glennon said. Commenting on his appointment, Powditch added ...