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US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... funds subject to the ERISA legislation. Lisa Bleier, managing director for public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), said in a statement released by the association that the move could have a "chilling" ...

Nikko launches absolute return fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... fund is managed by Singapore-based manager Robert Mann who has approximately 30 years of experience in the securities industry across Australia and Asia and an extensive background in fixed income research and management. Open to institutional investors ...

Lonsec nabs Investec equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
... director, where he was responsible for specialist resource broking. And he has 35 years' experience within the securities industry. Former Investec director Tim Gerrard has been in the equities market since 1984 researching the Australian resources market ...

SIFMA talks up Wall Street cyber defences

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
The US Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) has released its assessment report of their Wall Street cyber attack simulation and while it confirms their protocols performed adequately, it was the soft attack weapons that were ...

Wall Street to stage cyberattack wargame drill

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... countermeasures. The drill, code named Quantum Dawn 2, is set down for 28 June and is being co-ordinated by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Quantum Dawn 2 will operate on a closed network developed by the Department ...

Social media trials in US continue

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
... pre-approved updates for LinkedIn and Twitter, however regulatory rules prevented more detailed use. At a recent Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) seminar in the US, Morgan Stanley confirmed that it is also developing a mobile ...

Fears Volcker Rule will hit sovereign bond trading

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... their account and owning, investing in or sponsoring a hedge fund or private equity fund, according to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. The rule is named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker who proposed the new ...

Promotion prospects need to be addressed: Survey

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
... conducted the research. The survey of 952 professionals working in investment banking, asset management and the securities industry in Australia, Hong Kong, China and Singapore, revealed that Australian workers have the highest job satisfaction in the ...

US adviser fiduciary rule stalls

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... number of unintended consequences," Ken Bentsen, executive vice president of public policy and advocacy at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, told the New York Times. Problems surfaced when it was interpreted as meaning commissions ...

QE2 overstays welcome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... monetizing the federal debt." "This is risky business." Fed Governor Kevin Warsh also used his speech at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association in New York to express his doubts. "I am less optimistic than some that additional asset ...