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Man Group appoints EM debt head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Man Group's discretionary investment management subsidiary Man GLG has appointed a head of emerging market debt strategies. Based in New York, Guillermo OssA(C)s joins Man GLG from HSBC Asset Management, where he was working from 2011 overseeing the ...

NAB shareholders vote for UK exit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
NAB shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the bank's demerger with Clydesdale in the UK. At the bank's scheme meeting today in Melbourne, NAB group chair Dr. Ken Henry explained the demerger would be structured with a new holding company ...

Chi-X Australia being acquired by private equity firm

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
US private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co has entered into an agreement to acquire Chi-X Australia. The investor will also acquire Chi-X Japan and Chi-Tech Hong Kong. The acquisition will close in the first quarter of 2016, pending regulatory approval. ...

ANZ institutional chief announces departure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
ANZ has announced its chief executive of international and institutional banking will leave the company. Andrew GA(C)czy joined the bank in 2013 from Lloyds Banking Group, where he was chief executive, wholesale banking and markets. Prior to that he ...

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... captures companies that take a long-term approach in making business decisions," said S&P Dow Jones Indices chief executive Alex Matturri. "The launch of the S&P LTVC Global Index is a manifestation of the long-termism concept with an independent and ...

IQ Group appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultancy IQ Group has appointed a principal consultant. Previously a senior consultant at the firm, Craig Barrie joined in 2010 having been a project manager at Catholic Church Insurances prior to that. He has ...

ASX partners with US tech firm for new trade platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
The ASX has partnered with US firm Digital Asset to develop new post-trade platforms. In a statement, the exchange operator said this was part of its wider plans to upgrade all of its main trading platforms using distributed ledger technology, with ...

Barclays to axe jobs worldwide, exit Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Barclays is reported to be cutting more than 1000 jobs worldwide ahead of closing Australian offices. In an internal staff memo, Barclays Investment Bank chief executive Thomas King said that while "Asia Pacific is an important part of our global network... ...

ETFs saw record growth in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... industry, resulting in the breaking of multiple industry records - domestically and globally," said BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur. He added, "After several years of appetite for international equities products, in 2015 we saw a more even ...

ASIC accepts ClearView adviser EU

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a ClearView Financial Advice representative. Jason Churchill traded as Churchill Consulting Services. ASIC found that he made recommendations to clients without considering their "relevant personal circumstances" ...