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Major instos hit with cartel class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
Maurice Blackburn today filed a class action in the Federal Court suing UBS, Barclays, Citibank, Royal Bank of Scotland and JP Morgan. The class action alleges the banks colluded to rig foreign exchange rates during a period between January 2008 and ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
New research by UBS found wealth management giants could lose more than 30% of their platform profits even if they undertake "radical cost surgery". The big players' funds under administration have been plagued by leakage to independent platforms, retail ...

Property risks dip at Coalition win, APRA easing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
UBS has materially reduced downside risk for housing as last Saturday's elections lay to rest Labor's negative gearing plans and separately, APRA is easing its stance on mortgage lending. "The main implication of the election is the absence of expected ...

Former UBS AM research lead joins fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
The former head of research at UBS Asset Management has taken a new role with a $6 billion fund manager. After 17 years at UBS AM, Marissa Rossi is joining the Sydney-based Australian equities team of Milford Asset Management as senior analyst. Rossi ...

Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... Euro, K2 Global Equities Fund, three ETF Securities products (physical palladium, platinum and precious metal), and three UBS IQ products (Japan ethical, USA ethical and research preference Australian share). The funds under management across the nine ...

UBS co-head of equities departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
The co-head of equities for Australia and New Zealand at UBS stepped down after 15 years with the firm. Chris Williams had been in the role since May 2015 alongside Steve Boxall, who will now have the sole responsibility for the role. Williams joined ...

Crestone builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... Sydney-based manager research team. Both report to Crestone's chief investment officer Scott Haslem. Crestone spun out of UBS Australia's wealth management business in 2016 with about $14 billion in assets under management. It now has 200 employees ...

UBS small caps team launches boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
UBS Asset Management's small caps team is kicking off a boutique at Challenger's multi-boutique business Fidante Partners with a new unit trust in the works. Stephen Wood, Victor Gomes and David Haddad worked together for eight years on the ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... donates a portion of its net assets to charity every year has added two new board directors. Deloitte Partner Stephanie Lai and UBS managing director and head of marketing and corporate communications Caroline Gurney have been appointed to the board ...

Listed infrastructure to hit double digits: CBRE

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
The boutique that took over a slice of UBS Asset Management's assets in December says listed infrastructure could return 12-14% in the next 12 months, the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out heard. Speaking at the Sydney leg of Financial Standard's ...