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BNP Paribas wins $1bn Certitude contract off NAB

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... manager partnerships and product suite BNP Paribas is very well positioned to support us and our growing client base". Peter Baker, head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand, said: "We are delighted that Certitude chose us. Our ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... taxation law to favour Asian investors in Australia, according to BNP Paribas Security Services managing director Peter Baker. While the funds passport initiative is good in theory for Australian institutional investors, Baker said without a change in ...

Super fund custody 'fee holidays' revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... Citi all gaining significant market share. BNP Paribas Security Services, Australia and New Zealand managing director Peter Baker said this increased competition has led many custodians to offer 'fee holidays'. "There are around 13 competitors in the ...

Knight Janet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
... here... in black and white: In her speech before the Economic Club of New York, Aunt Janet Yellen told the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker and the high frequency traders that, "... economic conditions may, for some time, warrant keeping short-term ...

ASIC dictates seven-year ban for rogue CBA adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... Zaicew's banning follows ASIC actions against former CBA advisers Don Nguyen, Ricky Gillespie, Simon Langton, Christopher Baker, Jane Duncan and Anthony Awkar. Zaicew has been banned from engaging in credit activities and providing financial services ...

Towers Watson sees spike in smart beta uptake

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... represents less than 2% of investments of the firm's more than US$2 trillion assets under advisory around the globe. Craig Baker, global head of investment research at Towers Watson said: "It is no surprise to us that smart beta strategies are being ...

Waiting for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
... for a 193K print. It's that vortex... maybe. However, I'll bet my right eyeballs that the major reason the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker are all sitting tight is because it's coming... very soon... this Friday. Yes Virginia, the Bureau ...

BNP Paribas appoints local head of sales

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... and to take our revenue growth strategy forward," head of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia and New Zealand Peter Baker said. Perkins added: "When the opportunity to join BNP Paribas Securities Services arose, I felt it was the right move. BNP ...

Baker & McKenzie tells industry to prepare for SIV 'bonanza'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... rapid explosion in the number of people coming to Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, according to Baker & McKenzie partner Bill Fuggle, who says as many as 300 could be approved by the end of December. The global law firm has ...

Central banks rule

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... Bernanke's influence on financial markets. The US government is officially closed for business. Not good for the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker servicing Uncle Sam. Not good for Uncle Sam too. But one won't be able to tell if one looks ...