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BetaShares launches cybersecurity ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
BetaShares has launched an exchange-traded fund targeted at the cybersecurity sector. The BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF (ASX code: HACK) targets larger, established companies such as Symantec and Cisco, as well as fast-growing firms like recent ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
"Do you remember twenty-first night of September? Before you go cold like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first ...

NAB partners with global custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... for NAB Asset Servicing; the strategic partnership was originally announced in 2015 and will, in the bank's words, "provide NAS customers direct access to 60 markets around the world, as well as provide richer information and easier access to subject ...

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Superannuation fund chief investment officers warn that endemic short-termism across super and the wider asset management industry will hurt member returns and place massive pressure on future investment strategies. A panel of fund executives told the ...

NAS recognised as top custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
For the third consecutive year NAB Asset Servicing has been recognised as the top sub-custodian in Australia and New Zealand at the Transaction Processing Awards. NAB Asset Servicing executive general manager John Comito said the award was an endorsement ...

Investors must be ready for grey swans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Investors should look to cash as global market uncertainty leads to a growing number of 'grey swan' events, according to IOOF portfolio manager, fixed interest and cash, Juanita Escobar Derived from Nassim Nicholas Taleb's black swan theory - an event ...

NAS launches ESG reporting service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
NAB Asset Servicing has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) insight reporting service, allowing clients to assess and monitor a range of ESG metrics. The service provides the firm's asset servicing clients including superannuation ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
In a week punctuated by disappointing key stats from the world's major economies, something strange in our neighbourhood happened... Wall Street produced a trifecta. The Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq all closed at record highs on the 11th of August ...

NAB appoints custody sales GM

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
NAB Asset Servicing has appointed a new general manager, sales and relationships. Ken Shaw joins NAS from Novarca, where he was managing director, Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Novarca, he was head of sales at relationship management at BNP Paribas ...

NAS wins custody mandate from absolute return manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... custodial and back office services for an Australian absolute return investment manager. Optimal Fund Management selected NAS because, in principal George Colman's words, "We were impressed with NAB Asset Servicing's advanced back office technology and ...