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ASIC orders HSBC remediation plan for "deficient" advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from HSBC Bank Australia concerning "potentially deficient advice" provided on retail structured products. The advice in question was provided between January 2009 and March 2013, affected 464 out of ...

Wilson Group acquires $19bn fund manager and restructures board

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Wilson Group has announced it will acquire the remaining 25% of a major investment manager with over $19 billion in funds under management. The remaining 25% stake in Pinnacle Investment Management is owned by Pinnacle chair and managing director Ian ...

Uniting Church fund manager appoints investments director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
UCA Funds Management, the Uniting Church in Australia's dedicated ethical funds manager, has appointed a new director, investments. Benjamin Pedley joins UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank Hong Kong, where he was head of investment strategy ...

Saxo appoints Australia CEO and insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Saxo Capital Markets has appointed a new chief executive for Australia and a local head of institutional business. Ben Smoker joins Saxo as its new Australian chief executive. Previously he was country head - Australia at NYSE-listed GAIN Capital, and ...

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has led the majority investment in a senior secured bond issuance by Autovia del Noroeste (Aunor), a mature shadow toll road located in Murcia, Spain. Whitehelm's investment was made on behalf of industry superannuation ...

BetaShares launches hedged Europe and Japan ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... WisdomTree to launch a range of innovative investment strategies for Australian investors," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "According to the BetaShares / Investment Trends ETF Report 2015, access to overseas markets is the second most ...

Risk management firm joins Bombora network

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
A Brisbane-based risk practice has joined the Bombora Advice dealer group. Anthem Risk Management, founded in 2007 by risk adviser David Murphy, will now be a part of Bombora's specialist risk advice network. Commenting on the news, Murphy said: "Bombora ...

Keybridge receives restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Keybridge Capital has announced it has received a restructure proposal from a major boutique asset manager. Following the proposal from Wilson Asset Management (WAM), Keybridge's board will convene for an extraordinary general meeting, and will consult ...

Ethics and income not incompatible: Martin Currie

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Applying an ethical values screen to investment doesn't need to compromise income objectives, according to Martin Currie research. Commenting on the Ethical Income strategy, distributed by Legg Mason, the Martin Currie research found that the "investment ...

Investa names new CEO and CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Investa Property Group has named its new chief executive and chief investment officer. Following what the Investa board described as an "extensive search process," Jonathan Callaghan has been appointed chief executive, having been with Investa for over ...