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Don't follow consensus: Baur

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
... macro-economic events cease being the major cause of movement in financial markets, then its idiosyncratic risk in securities has become paramount, and the move toward passive investment that we see today may not be the right trend and active management ...

KPMG director becomes fintech CFO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... Tonder was executive vice president, global alliances at Lombard Risk and head of business development at BNP Paribas Securities Services.

FIIG appoints acting managing director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities appointed founding director Jim Stening to acting managing director, pending the appointment of a new chief executive. Stening's appointment follows a decision by current managing director and chief executive Mark ...

AAT upholds adviser appeal against ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2017
... upheld an appeal by Tony Davidof, a former Macquarie Equities accredited derivatives adviser, against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. In 2015, ASIC banned Davidof from providing financial services for three years after he and a ...

Former Fidelity chief joins boutique manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Investments Australia saw fit to adapt to the uncertain financial landscape by expanding its investment focus into debt securities. This led to the establishment of the Supervised Global Income Fund in February 2009, headed by Australian debt market ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... risk-return trade off. Instead, investors should seek returns via a diversified mix of alpha sources, with asset-backed securities and private lending presenting opportunities. Elsewhere, long-term social forces such as climate change and global ageing ...

ASIC imposes $40,000 penalty

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Financial services firm Pershing Securities paid a $40,000 infringement notice issued by ASIC's Markets Disciplinary Panel after a failure of its automated processing system. In a statement released by ASIC, the Markets Disciplinary Panel said they ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... spending six years as distribution chief at van Eyk. He was also head of sales and relationship management at BNP Paribas Securities Services and spent nine years as general manager Victoria for ABN AMRO Bank. Long's appointment follows NAB's major overhaul ...

Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... emerging market debt. Investments cover government and corporate bonds, high yield debt, mortgage and asset-backed securities and emerging market bonds. Country head and managing director of Legg Mason, Andy Sowerby, said: "The launch of this fund is ...

ASIC takes Westpac to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... ASIC's decision to bring civil proceedings against Westpac subsidiaries. The corporate regulator is alleging Westpac Securities Administration Limited (WSAL) and BT Funds Management Limited (BTFM) contravened aspects of the Future of Financial Advice ...