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PIMCO names new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
... office. Luk joins PIMCO from Credit Suisse where she traded options. In her new role she will focus on interest rate derivatives reporting to Josh Thimons, managing director and portfolio manager. Wilding previously worked at Tudor Investment as director ...

Credit Suisse MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Credit Suisse's managing director, investment banking has resigned. Matthew Tehan was co-head of debt and derivatives, having joined Credit Suisse in 1999. He shared the role with Michael Tierney, who will now take sole responsibility for this area. ...

AFSL cancelled for Sydney firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... action where licensees do not comply," Kell said. Etern Wisdom provided general financial product advice in relation to derivatives and foreign exchange contracts to Australian retail clients. The firm has the right to appeal to the Administrative Appeals ...

Societe Generale appoints director from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... executive director of the pension, insurance and sovereign wealth group and managed sales of funds management and derivatives services to institutional clients. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Weale was director, distribution at Next Financial. He was also senior ...

Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... the Milliman Managed Risk Strategy overlay with a more aggressive 70:30 growth-defensive split. The overlay employs derivatives in a systematic fashion to manage risk, allowing funds to continue managing the bulk of their assets unhindered. The strategy ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... passed in 1940 that controls how much debt investment funds can assume. While the 1940 law was written long before most derivatives existed, the SEC has treated those assets like borrowing because they require only a small down payment to increase a ...

Hyperion taps utilities provider for talent

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... appointed an equity dealer to its team. Justin Breen joins the firm from listed utilities company ERM Power where he was a derivatives trader on a $4 billion energy portfolio. His appointment paves the way for dealer and investment analyst Michael Mewburn ...

ANZ confirms markets managing director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... markets business which provides product across foreign exchange, capital markets, interest rates, commodities and derivatives, as well as specialist research and risk management expertise. Collins will continue to report to group executive institutional ...

Shaw and Partners appoints senior adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... appointed a new private client adviser. Hatem Matar joins Shaw and Partners from Morgan Stanley, where he was a senior derivatives adviser. Prior to that, he held roles at Ord Minnett, St George and Leveraged Equities. Commenting on the appointment ...

Industry groups slam SEC plan to limit derivatives

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... rule would require funds to segregate assets to cover their liabilities and set aside an amount for future losses on derivatives. In addition, funds would need to use cash or cash equivalents for covering derivatives transactions. Mutual, exchange-traded ...