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Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... concerns for everybody who does business overseas", said Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities. Stronger US data has also sparked speculation the US Federal Reserve will hike interest rates "sooner than people are looking ...

ASIC bans Macquarie representative

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) recently banned a former Macquarie Entities representative from providing financial services for five years. The ban was given to Brett O'Malley of Sunshine Beach, Queensland, after he engaged ...

ANZ enters fast growing ETF market

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... Australia's big banks to enter the exchange traded fund (ETF) market with the launch of six funds in partnership with ETF Securities. The joint venture between both organisations has resulted in a new company called ANZ ETFS Management Limited. It will ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... training in others. The different knowledge sections under RG146 include: margin lending, foreign exchange, derivatives, securities, superannuation, financial planning, generic knowledge, managed investments and life insurance. Australasian financial ...

BNY Mellon to provide ESG insights

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... partnered with Dutch research and analysis firm Sustainalytics to provide environmental, social and governance insights to securities issuers. In response to growing ESG concerns in its investor-base, and the growing number of signatories in the United ...

Risk management top worry for asset owners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... biggest challenge among global asset owners over the next 12 months according to recent data published by BNP Paribas Securities Services. A risk survey of 177 asset owners from 19 countries, including Australia, was commissioned to gauge challenges ...

Don't put all QE in the same basket: AXA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... out of liquidity," he said, reminding that at the time the Fed prevented other investors from buying mortgage-backed securities. "QE2 and QE3 were different policies; they were providing liquidity to the banking system. But until the banks turn that ...

Treasury to simplify foreign investment framework

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... across the different acquisition types and amending legislation to accommodate all investment structures (shares or securities, units in trusts, direct and indirect acquisitions). According to the paper, the goal of these proposals is in line with the ...

BNP appoints OneVue as unit registry provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed OneVue to provide unit registry services for five years. BNP's unit registry clients will be migrated to OneVue over 18 months by a team led by OneVue chief operating officer Richard Stevens. "This arrangement ...

ASIC and RBA issue property bubble warning

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Grag Medcraft says the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets look a lot like bubbles. "I am quite worried about the Sydney and Melbourne property markets. In housing, the long-term average ...