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PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Bond giant PIMCO has launched a new global bank capital fund which aims to reduce risk for investors with large exposures to the big Australian banks. The PIMCO Capital Securities Fund offers investors a long-term, strategic allocation to the global ...

FoFA among top 20 global regulatory nightmares

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform is one of the 20 most challenging pieces of regulation globally, according to a survey of 600 compliance professionals across the world. The 'Cost of compliance 2015' report by Thomson Reuters asked compliance ...

Bendigo lifts half-year cash earnings by 10.9%

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) announced underlying cash earnings of $217.9 million in the six months to 31 December 2014, a 10.9% increase on the previous half-year. After tax statutory profit was $227.3 million, and cash earnings per share were 48.1c. ...

Pershing upgrades to Broadridge processing solution

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015
BNY Mellon-owned Pershing Securities Australia has adopted the Broadridge's Australian post-trade processing solution as its new middle- and back-office processing platform for third-party domestic clearing. The solution is designed to increase process ...

Macquarie announces $678m profit, appoints director

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
Macquarie has announced half-year net profits of $678 million for the six months ending September 2014. This represents a 35% increase on the corresponding half last year, but an 11% decrease on the six months up to March 2014. The bank also announced ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions considered "too big to fail" are likely to be required to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial ...

FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
The complex business of financing infrastructure has traditionally been the preserve of banks. But Basel III has changed that. In the newly-restrictive lending environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding ...

APRA gets Basel III tick

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has graded Australia's capital regulation framework as 'Compliant' with the Basel III standards. Australia's is the eighth regulatory framework to be graded by the Basel Committee. Others include the United ...

High risk investors lose appetite for risk

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
The first quarter of 2014 has seen a marked drop in risk appetite among ordinarily high-risk investors, research from CoreData has shown. Only 19.1% of investors with high risk profiles said they were likely to invest in new equities or products in ...

Hedge fund maestro Hintze voices concern over regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2013
Tighter regulation poses the greatest challenge to the hedge fund industry, according to Australian industry legend Sir Michael Hintze. Speaking at the Alternative Investment Management Association's Hedge Fund Forum in Sydney this week, Hintze said ...