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ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... close friend who was employed in the investment banking department of a global financial services company which worked with major corporate transactions involving those companies. ASIC commission Cathie Armour said: "Insider trading is a very serious ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Woe is us. Australians all, let's not rejoice! The Australian equity market's reaction to the better-than-expected - heaps better - 1.1% quarterly expansion in March quarter real GDP is beginning to plant the seed of doubt in my psyche. Doubt that perhaps ...

Former Vontobel star manager sets course for Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
A 20-year veteran fund manager who has managed almost US$50 billion is looking to bring his new US fund to the Australian market. Rajiv Jain built his reputation at Swiss fund house Vontobel Asset Management as chief investment officer and portfolio ...

QIC appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... of the shopping centre. "QIC is also the largest shareholder in the Brisbane Airport and Port of Brisbane, and owns other major shopping centres on the Gold Coast, and in Logan, and Townsville."

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... avoided collapse because of "zero or even negative policy rates in many countries, the gusher of liquidity administered by major central banks via quantitative easing, and the debt financed investment boom in China and some other emerging market economies." ...

Top companies still in the dark on ESG

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... activists are also calling on boards to include megatrends in their risk profiling. She said megatrends can be characterised as "major global societal and transformative forces that present material risks and opportunities to companies and their shareholders ...

First Quadrant liquid alternative strategy added to HUB24

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... demand appears to be driven by the ongoing search for positive returns in an environment where those generated by other major asset classes are limited. For some investors, the Fund can provide a hedge to low- or negative-return equity markets at a reasonable ...

Rabobank has new local chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... as group executive country banking Australia. Rabobank is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest rural lenders and a major provider of corporate and business banking services to the region's food and agribusiness sector. Rabobank Australia chairman ...

US Senate votes down adviser fiduciary rule

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
The US Senate recently voted down the Department of Labor's administration rule for financial advisers that would have compelled them to act in their clients' best interests. The law was passed 65-41 meaning it fell well short of the two thirds majority ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... explains, "so it was tiny and nobody really cared about it. Fast forward my own career 30 years or so and it's obviously a major part of people's assets, and it's the second-biggest asset that we'll all own. And I wish I'd paid more attention to it when ...