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Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... chief executive of Silicon Valley-based blockchain outfit Wyre encouraged financial advisers to consider bitcoin as an asset class. "A lot of people say that bitcoin is very volatile. It is in the short term but if I were doing fund management for my ...

Legg Mason appoints insto sales head from Media Super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Legg Mason has appointed a new institutional sales director. Justin Nunan joins the $962 billion fund manager from Media Super, where he was an investment manager. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at ME Bank, including head of treasury sales, institutional ...

Morrison backs customer-owned banking reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... activities from retained earnings or debt, which is obviously more restrictive," he said. Cunningham added the creation of a new class of co-operative equity shares - which will not require voting rights to be attached, and allow dividends to be capped ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... business," BNP Paribas Securities Services chief executive Patrick Colle said. "We are now able to offer a complete multi-asset class, middle-to-back office solution, covering all major markets in the world, including the US," Colle said. BNP Paribas ...

Goldman Sachs names new raft of managing directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Goldman Sachs selected its new class of managing directors, promoting four members of its Australian team and an additional three Australians working offshore. Head of financial sponsors Tim Freeman, financial institutions banker Phillipe Perzi, head ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... believe that to retain great advisers and staff, you need to offer equity." "Our vision is to build an outstanding world class financial advice company using a partnership model similar to that adopted by law firms where people are promoted as partners," ...

RG97 effects inconsistent: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
The effects of fee disclosure reforms under Regulatory Guide 97 have trickled through market segments and asset classes revealing uneven results, Rainmaker's research shows. A high level analysis shows not-for-profit (NFP) superannuation funds have ...

China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
China is forecast to become the second largest asset management market globally by 2019, sitting just behind the US, according to Casey Quirk. The consultancy firm also anticipates China will attract half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' ...

ANZ hires Silicon Valley consultant for innovation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... function to accelerate ANZ's efforts to make customers' lives simpler and find new, innovative opportunities to build a world-class digital bank, ANZ group executive, digital banking Maile Carnegie said. "We're confident this focus will open new markets ...

Mason Stevens expands fixed income, appoints SMA manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Managed accounts provider Mason Stevens has appointed a fixed income specialist and an SMA manager as part of its growth plans. Roman Gerber joined two months ago as the Separately Managed Account Manager, overseeing all SMA portfolios and working as ...