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FSC focuses FATCA talk on govt agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Financial Services Council chief John Brogden is back in Washington DC arguing for a country specific exemption for Australian super funds to avoid compliance burdens associated with the contentious FATCA regime. Under draft Foreign Account Tax Compliance ...

Schroders expands fixed income capability

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Schroders Investment Management has appointed Stuart Dear as a fund manager within its fixed income and multi-asset team. The appointment follows Dear's departure from his role as senior fixed income portfolio manager at Aberdeen Asset Management that ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...

Westpac launches share trading app

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Westpac Online Investing has launched a new app that will enable investors to access research and trade via smartphone or iPad. The app supports trading in shares, warrants, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded commodities (ETCs). James ...

Zenith wins BT research from S&P

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Zenith Investment Partners has won the contract to provide investment fund research services to BT Financial. The appointment will see Zenith replace Standard & Poor's as the Westpac Group's external investment research provider from October 1, when ...

Hyperion makes family office hire

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Hyperion Asset Management has hired Stephen Tilston as associate director in a bid to focus on the boutique institution and family office space. Tilston will now take responsibility for institutional business development within this portfolio. Formerly ...

Aust lags in financial job market

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Australia is lagging the rest of Asia Pacific in financial services job opportunities. The latest quarterly data from eFinancial Careers showed that while Australia experienced a 37% decline in the number of opportunities in Q2, the average for the ...

Hunter Hall appoints ex-Perpetual CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Hunter Hall International has appointed former Perpetual chief executive officer David Deverall as its new chief following the resignation of David Buckland earlier this year. Deverall will commence with the firm and assume a board seat on July 30 ...

Macquarie Private expands adviser team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed 13 new advisers across six state offices in a drive to expand the national team, drawing strongly on the three-year-old Morgan Stanley Smith Barney network. The Queensland team has received the most significant ...

Fix churn with watch list: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said churn should be handled by insurers sharing information to create an industry watch list that would identify advisers participating in the practice. The AFA proposal is in response to recent Financial ...