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Former BBY adviser cops 10-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... Belardo, who provided financial advice to retail clients in relation to financial products that included securities and derivatives, also traded in client accounts that was inconsistent or contrary to, the investment strategy agreed in the Statement ...

Macquarie wins $50m small cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... Australian companies. It can also provide exposure to equity issued by Australian entities on offshore exchanges, derivatives and cash. Macquarie head of Asia-Pacific equities Patrick Hodgens said the ACS mandate represents a "significant inflow for ...

Equity income boutique enters retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... the wholesale and institutional markets. Wheelhouse Partners' Wheelhouse Global Equity Income Fund has embedded a derivatives-based solution that will benefit retirees' investment outcomes and combat market volatility and longevity risks. Wheelhouse ...

Derivatives specialist opens Sydney office, appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
One of the world's largest derivatives marketplaces is establishing a local presence in Sydney, appointing a head of Australia in the process. CME Group's new Sydney office will be led by Simon Raybould, who was previously a non-executive director at ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... roles CFAs. Within sectors, many CFAs work in equities (40%), followed by fixed income (14%), private equity (5%), derivatives and real estate (equal 4%). The CFA Institute recently announced it will incorporate artificial intelligence, fintech and robo-advice ...

Global boutique asset manager opens Sydney office

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... and New Zealand. During his 32-year tenure at J.P. Morgan, Taylor held key management and sales roles across credit derivatives, structured credit, and securitisation. He helped establish institutional coverage of fixed income and derivatives in Australia ...

Super funds and weapons of mass destruction

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
Warren Buffett may have called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction" but an increasing number of super funds are using them as a cost-saving measure. Milliman head of fund advisory services Michael Armitage told delegates at the Australian ...

A hedge fund by any other name

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... it through an ASIC lens, it's pretty clear: it's defining it as a complex strategy or structure that uses leverage, derivatives, potentially shorting, charges a performance fee and so on," he said. Based on ASIC's RG 240, a hedge fund is defined by the ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... Maurice Meijers said investment banks that are starting to package collateralised debt obligations or CDOs and other derivatives again is an activity the contrarian investment manager is tracking closely. The US consumer finance market in terms of car ...

ASX flags imminent blockchain transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... growth, up 1.9% to $434.1 million. Group revenue grew by 2.4% to $764.1 million underpinned by growth in cash market and derivatives trading activity. "The daily average cash on-market value was $4.3 billion and the daily average number of futures contracts ...