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Barclays announces new CEO amid new investigation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
Barclays has named head of retail and business banking Anthony Jenkins new chief executive, just one day after the announcement the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) had launched an investigation into a 2008 deal with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. Jenkins ...

AGEST bungle isolated: BNP Paribas

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after custodian BNP Paribas miscalculated returns. The mistake will cause approximately 5000 balances being revised down and 18,000 revised up. "This was an operational error that ...

AGEST bungles returns

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... members advising them that they have either been under or over paid - after custodian BNP Paribas miscalculated returns. The mistake will cause approximately 5000 balances being revised down and 18,000 revised up. "We have debited some members accounts ...

Risk needs to shift in line with mission

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2012
... risk with mission. "It is time to promote better risk management over more measurement and we need to be careful not to mistake measurement for understanding," said Graeme Miller, director of investment services Australia, Towers Watson. "We have come ...

JPMorgan execs to resign over US$2bn trading loss

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... investment banking division. In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press Dimon said the bank had made a "terrible, egregious mistake. There's almost no excuse for it." He added the bank had "badly monitored" the exposure and taken "far too much risk." ...

BT launches no margin call loan

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
BT Financial Group has launched its 'next generation' of geared equity products in response to renewed investor interest, due to low volatility in the Australian share markets. The Westpac-owned wealth manager is offering investors the BT Professional ...

Tax and Super bill doesn't go far enough: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2012
... Government is taking to improve the fairness of the superannuation system, by making sure those individuals who make a genuine mistake get a second chance," said Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten. The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals Association ...

New super bill enters parliament

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012
... Government is taking to improve the fairness of the superannuation system, by making sure those individuals who make a genuine mistake get a second chance," said Shorten, adding that such a measure would benefit some 30,000 individuals over the forward ...

Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Australian superannuation fund inflows into private equity have remained constant despite fears of a lag in interest, with Asian investors also investing in this space, according to speakers at a BNP Paribas event this week. Dr Katherine Woodthorpe ...

Confusion over APRA risk disclosure guidance

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
The regulator-preferred expression of risk in product disclosure statements seems to elicit more consumer mistakes than other presentation methods, according to research from the University of Technology Sydney. Speaking at an Investment Management ...