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BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market ...

ASIC commences proceedings against Westpac

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
... ASIC said, it is "seeking declarations that Westpac contravened s.12CA, s.12CB and the former s.12CC of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth) (ASIC Act), s.912A(1), s.1041A of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations ...

HSBC joins mFund service

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
HSBC's online share trading platform has joined the Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFund settlement service. The ASX said today's announcement brings the number of mFund distribution partners to 18, and there are now 22 mFund issuers or responsible ...

Alternative mandates eclipse equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... The findings shed light on the investment priorities among Australian institutional investors. Last month BNP Paribas Securities Services and The Economist Intelligence Unit published a paper looking at how the world's pension funds, superannuation funds ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
US industry groups have hit back at a proposal by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to try to limit investors' exposure to risk. In December Mary Jo White, the chair of the US corporate watchdog said a funds' use of certain instruments can ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... governmental and regulatory authorities as well as industry associations. Honda joins from Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PB Securities, where he has spent a decade in a number of roles including chief product officer, head of marketing and product development ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... for the first time including the Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged), and iShares Global Corporate Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF. The report, which examines worldwide managed fund and ...

PIMCO receives Zenith upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Fund, PIMCO Credit Fund and PIMCO Diversified Interest Fund from 'Recommended" to "Highly Recommended". PIMCO Capital Securities Fund, which invests in securities issued by banks specifically to raise regulatory capital, was awarded an introductory rating ...

IMF Bentham announces $30m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... million to be made available to wholesale investors such as institutional, private and SMSF investors. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the four year and three month fixed rate senior secure issue will pay a fixed rate of 7.40%. IMF Bentham is seeking to ...

FIIG appoints research team head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
FIIG Securities has appointed Mark Bayley as head of credit strategy and research. Bayley joins FIIG from Aquasia where he advised corporate and institutional investors on developments in the financial markets as a credit strategist. Prior that that ...