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IFM Investors to open new Europe office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
The $120 billion fund manager is gearing up to open a new European office in the next six months, no matter which way the Brexit deal goes. IFM Investors already has offices in the UK, Berlin and Switzerland. Chief executive Brett Himbury told Financial ...

TAL to add remediation head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
TAL is recruiting for a new position that will lead remediation efforts. The diversified financial services firm is hiring a head of operational resilience and remediation, to "lead remediation and rectification activities." TAL general manager customer ...

Federal Court shuts down Linchpin and Endeavour Securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
ASIC has helped put Endeavour Securities and Linchpin Capital Group into liquidation. The Federal Court also ordered the registered scheme operated by Endeavour and the unregistered scheme operated by Linchpin - both called the Investport Income Opportunity ...

APRA consults to combat cyber attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
APRA has invited submissions from all APRA-regulated entities on how the financial services industry can improve information security and protect itself from cyber-crime. The regulatory authority has not updated its information security guidelines since ...

Remediation to hit Westpac earnings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Westpac's cash earnings in the first half of the year will be hit by $260 million in remediation payments. The bank today confirmed the amount could still rise, with the $260 million provision not yet inclusive of any allowance for refunds to customers ...

VanEck launches hedged version of $520m ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
VanEck has launched a hedged version of a $520 million that invests in MSCI Ex Australia using quality as a factor. The newly-listed VanEck Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality (Hedged) ETF tracks a hedged version of the same index tracked by the ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may not even need to acquiesce to mounting consensus expectations for at least one interest rate cut this year after the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) good news on the country's unemployment rate ...

Hostplus partners to launch PE emerging managers program

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
The industry superannuation fund is partnering with a global private investments firm to establish a private equity emerging managers program in the US. Global private investments firm Flexstone Partners, which is an affiliate of Natixis Investment ...

UBS fined $51m for reporting breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
Swiss bank UBS AG has been slapped with a £27.6 million ($51.1m) fine for breaching reporting rules stretching nearly a decade. UK regulator the Financial Conduct Authority found UBS did not provide complete and accurate information relating to about ...

AFA takes red pen to Hayne report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers has stepped up its opposition to the Royal Commission's final report, claiming the inquiry failed to acknowledge the value of advice. In a paper released by the association this week, AFA general manager policy ...