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Deutsche AM maps impact of climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... agricultural and construction sectors, Deutsche AM said. "The availability of this new data on physical climate risk is a major step forward to addressing a serious and growing risk for investors. Climate risk is now centre stage, however we believe ...

Cryptocurrency interest underwhelming: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Despite all the hype, Financial Standard's latest pulse survey shows a majority of people have no interest in using or investing in virtual currency. An overwhelming number of respondents (63%) have no plans to trade in cryptocurrency such as bitcoin ...

Legg Mason appoints insto sales head from Media Super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... opportunities." "With this I mind, I see Legg Mason as offering something particularly unique with proven capabilities across all major asset classes including through leading investment managers such as Clarion Partners, Brandywine Global, Entrust Permal ...

Industry veteran joins RBC, targets Australian growth

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
RBC Investor and Treasury Services, part of Royal Bank of Canada, announced the appointment of an industry veteran as managing director, head of global client coverage Australia. David Brown joins RBC I&TS with more than 29 years' experience in financial ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... the Senate Finance Committee, said that the Senate tax proposal will delay a corporate tax cut by one year to 2019." All major US equity indices closed lower that fateful day - the S&P 500 index fell by 9.8 points; the Nasdaq by 39.1 points; the Russell ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Patrick Colle said. "We are now able to offer a complete multi-asset class, middle-to-back office solution, covering all major markets in the world, including the US," Colle said. BNP Paribas Securities Services head of Americas Claudine Gallagher added ...

China's inflation lift indicates strong demand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... higher costs of production onto consumers. Indeed, chinadaily.com.cn reports: "On the back of strong producer prices, China's major industrial firms posted faster profit growth in the first three quarters, contributing to the 6.9% growth rate of the ...

For Stanford Brown, life begins at 30

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... meetings, digital signatures, video conferencing, live balance sheets and data storage. "The industry is on the cusp of a major technological revolution. Advisers have been quite slow to embrace technology but, collectively, there's a determination to ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... supportive as a shareholder. We've always operated at arm's length. Obviously BT Financial Group is different as it's a major client, so there's a lot of daily co-operation and contact there. But our ability to be nimble hasn't changed. It's been the ...

Wealth, insurance arms hit banks' earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The wealth management and insurance businesses continued to squeeze the margins of the four major banks in the full year to 2017, separate reports from EY and KPMG have found. A KPMG analysis of the major Australian banks' performance shows the insurance ...