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Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
"Not happy, Jan!" This was Wall Street's immediate verdict on the Fed's disclosure of its non-decision following the much-awaited and much speculated 16-17 September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 index declined by 1.6%; the Dow by 1.7%; Nasdaq by 1.4% ...

Redpoint awarded MLC equities mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Redpoint Investment Management has been awarded a significant global equities index mandate from one of Australia's largest wealth managers, MLC Investments. Redpoint will manage the global shares strategy within the low-cost MLC Index Plus portfolios ...

Van Eck goes local on EM fixed income

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Growth is beginning to surprise on the upside for emerging markets according to Van Eck Global emerging markets fixed income portfolio manager, Eric Fine. Speaking to Financial Standard about emerging market (EM) debt, Fine said a recent shift in the ...

BNP Paribas names new country head

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
BNP Paribas has appointed a new country head of Australia and New Zealand and chief executive of its Sydney branch. On 15 June, James Gibson will succeed Didier Mahout who has been made head of Central Europe based in Budapest, after eight years in ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
US financial advice experts are again warning that proposed requirements to introduce fiduciary obligations on people and entities providing advice will rock the retirement fund sector. The proposal for a fiduciary advice standard is being pushed by ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on Wall Street. At 0900 AEDT on Wednesday, the share price index futures contract was down 13 points at 5,910. In local economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases ...

Multi asset and income in favour: PIMCO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Multi-asset and income-oriented solutions are demanding the most attention from investors in the Asia Pacific, according to PIMCO's managing director for the region Eric Mogelof. Over several months, Mogelof visited clients in Australia, New Zealand ...

Artisan Partners opens local office

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
US-based fund manager Artisan Partners has opened its first office in Australia. The group first entered the Australian market in late 2011 through a third-party distribution agreement with Grey Pine Advisory, which is solely operated by Whitney Drayton. ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Wilson HTM reveals details of business transformation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Wilson HTM (WIG) directors have revealed some of the details of the transformation process that the business is going through, including the establishment of a standalone securities business and significant changes to the board of directors. Chairman ...