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CFA names new president and chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... asset management industry, including over 18 years in Asia. He joined Bank of Bermuda in Hong Kong as Asia head of securities services in 1996. After HSBC's acquisition of the bank in 2004, he served as global head of securities services and global head ...

Super Mario delivers huge stimulus package

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... decided to launch an expanded asset purchase programme, encompassing the existing purchase programmes for asset-backed securities and covered bonds. Under this expanded programme, the combined monthly purchases of public and private sector securities ...

Atchison Consultants appoints senior consultant

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... including listed and unlisted property trusts (REITs), mortgage funds, hybrid funds and domestic and global property securities funds. Lawrence has previously worked for property fund managers, large banks, rating houses and listed REITs, and is a past ...

Macquarie Group upgrades profit forecast for FY15

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... $373 million in the six months to September 2014. Chief executive Nicholas Moore's strategy of reducing exposure to securities and currencies trading, while boosting income from offshore investments (which now account for 65% of the group's income) ...

ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
... before implementation. To do this, Aitken suggested looking at the practical outcomes of the introduction of the General Securities Representative Exam (GSRE, or Series 7 Exam) in the US to determine whether it impacted rates of fraud. Aitken also noted ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... points. The broader All Ordinaries index was down 31.8 points, or 0.6 per cent, at 5,278.8 points. Locally on Monday, TD Securities will release its inflation gauge for December. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks have jumped as oil prices rebounded, snapping ...

More Australians to invest in China

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
... Foreign Institutional Investor (RQFII) scheme. The RQFII gives foreign institutional investors access to China A shares, securities in growth sectors (such as healthcare, tech, multimedia, and consumer) not currently listed outside China, and Chinese ...

Medcraft backs national adviser exam

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2015
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman Greg Medcraft has come out in support of a new national exam for financial advisers. Medcraft backed the proposal in an op-ed published in the Australian Financial Review. "I strongly ...

ASIC imposes conditions on Guardian Advice

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed conditions on the licence of Suncorp-owned Guardian Advice following a surveillance which uncovered deficiencies in the advice it provided to retail clients. ASIC said the company ...

Avestra fined for breaching takeover laws

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... Avestra Asset Management has been convicted and fined $40,000 for breaching takeover laws according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Avestra Asset Management failed to notify the market it had acquired a substantial stake ...