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Cayman Islands hedge fund reforms on-track

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... the Caribbean Island nation of 60,000 have seen it grow to be the world's number one centre for offshore hedge fund operations and the fifth largest banking centre with almost 300 banks operating there. Making the reforms highly sensitive, however, is ...

AllianceBernstein Australia appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... AllianceBernstein which caused speculation surrounding the firm's ongoing commitment to the local market. Former CEO of Australian operations, Michael Bargholz quit the firm in August last year with Joy Adams, the firm's head of Asia-Pacific operations ...

SEC triggers industry protest storm

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... Leading the industry reaction is the largest US mutual fund manager Fidelity which believes it could drive the fund operations business offshore. "Scores of organizations - representing corporate treasurers, finance officials from state and local governments ...

nabInvest names global head of distrib

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... professional services firms within Australia. Lowinger replaces previous national manager, Shane Kirsch who is now state operations manager for NAB Business Bank across SA/NT.

ETP growth attracts IOSCO concerns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... provide disclosure in its prospectus, in offering documents, or in other disclosure documents, that reflects its actual operations, particularly its use of complex strategies, investments in derivatives, or securities lending agreements," it added further ...

FirstMac fixed income fund 'Recommended'

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... to Australian bonds with attractive yields. Zenith conducted extensive due diligence on both the fund and FirstMac's operations and concluded the fund had strength in the RMBS space. Since 2003, FirstMac has publically issued over $9.5bn of RMBS and ...

New St George and Westpac New Zealand CEOs appointed

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012
... employees and customers," said Gail Kelly, head of Westpac. Meanwhile Peter Clare, previously group executive, product and operations before being made the head of Westpac's new Australian Financial Services division last November, will move to New Zealand ...

Tech providers relish multi-exchange environment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
SunGard's Valdi has announced access to the ASX new PureMatch high-frequency, low-latency order book, joining its operations on Chi-X Australia announced in October last year. "SunGard is helping market participants in Australia capitalise on the changes ...

FSC makes move on fund governance

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... companies will be required to meet these standards regardless of retail and corporate sector status in their daily operations, standards the FSC said are set well above the current legal requirements and are long overdue. "The corporate governance and ...

Fiducian posts sustained half year results

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... assimilated exceptionally well and is delivering expected revenues through organic growth supported by our resourcing operations. This is likely to become a fast growing area of our business," said Singh. Fiducian Funds under management stand at around ...