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Ball rolling in Wilson HTM spin-off deal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Wilson HTM Securities will be sold to a combination of existing staff, Deutsche Bank and Craigs Investment Partners before the year is out. Under the proposed deal, Wilson HTM Investment Group (WIG) will transfer its shareholdings in the Securities ...

FIIG Securities appoints head of institutional markets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed a former RBC Capital Markets executive to the new role of head of institutional markets. John Cummins will be responsible for the development of FIIG Securities' institutional markets division, expanding its focus on corporate ...

SMSFs attract too much criticism

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
... rules," he said. "The rules are there to protect members against themselves." He also admitted that a recent Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) investigation into the quality of SMSF advice had unearthed too many problems. "We still ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... services licensee" (advice firm employees and authorised representatives) will also have to provide the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) with information. The register will include the provider's name, date and place of birth ...

BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has poached J.P. Morgan's custody and fund services head of product. David Braga will join the company as head of Australia and New Zealand in mid-May. He has 25 years' experience in the financial services ...

Stimulate or deflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... there now. The differential between the 10-year US Treasury yield and the yield on 10-year Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS) - a gauge of inflation expectations -- has eased to 1.7% from an average of 2.1% in 2014 and 2.3% in 2013. Oh well ...

ASIC ends Macquarie EU but sees gaps in advice files

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Macquarie Equities Limited advice files have gaps and require further testing, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said as the two year enforceable undertaking (EU) into the organisation's advice arm comes to an end. "While there ...

Macquarie Wrap adds international stocks, fixed income

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
International listed securities and domestic fixed income securities are available to advisers as investment options through the Macquarie Wrap. International listed securities allow advisers to trade fully paid ordinary shares and common stocks across ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... investors. The fund is managed by Singapore-based manager Robert Mann who has approximately 30 years of experience in the securities industry across Australia and Asia and an extensive background in fixed income research and management. Open to institutional ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... business, Roach Graham Scott, between January 1989 and December 2012. Between September 1992 and June 1996 she was a securities representative with Financial Wisdom (now owned by Commonwealth Bank) and in February 2004 she became an authorised representative ...