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K2 Advisors exec resurfaces at QIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014
... clients. Prior to that he was Australian and Asian head of APT. He also worked in London for the fund management arm of Swiss private bank, Sarasin, as the in-house quantitative manager. A QIC spokesperson said: "Craig's extensive expertise in both the ...

ANZ partners with Swiss private bank

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
ANZ has signed a five-year cooperation agreement with Vontobel, Swiss private bank that will allow ANZ to offer its private clients exposure to the Swiss private bank's investment solutions. Vontobel will also act as an adviser to ANZ's Global Wealth ...

UBS Australia to launch family office service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... wealthiest and most influential families. The business brings together the investment banking and wealth management arms of the Swiss financial services company and will be staffed by cross-business specialists, who will coordinate the needs of clients ...

Catastrophe bonds offer answer to asset correlation problem

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... capital outstanding. In light of the growing interest in the sector, Plenum Investments Australia (the local division of the Swiss asset manager) is courting interest from Australian fund managers and institutions that have done their research and have ...

Bell Potter tight-lipped on UBS sale speculation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013

Govt sharpens knife with Swiss tax treaty

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury said the revised treaty would "strengthen administrative assistance between Australian and Swiss revenue authorities, including overcoming long-standing bank secrecy provisions." The treaty is also designed to promote ...

Down, down, dollar down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... confession that the central bank has intervened in the currency markets to slow the NZ$'s ascent), eight-month highs against the Swiss franc, and, of course, to 10-month highs against the Australian dollar. No prizes for guessing but it's this combination ...

Follow the money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... funds to 3.5 trillion yen ($35.2 billion) by 2014. The Bank of Israel bought stocks for the first time last year while the Swiss National Bank and the Czech National Bank have boosted their holdings to at least 10 percent of reserves." "The Bank of Korea ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... backs up a report released by investment bank UBS last year that showed hundreds of billions of francs would flow out of Swiss vaults as measures to stop foreigners using secret accounts to evade taxes came into place. The global financial crisis has ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...