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Lazard chief executive steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
The chief executive of Lazard Asset Management's Australian business will step down from his role on February 28. Rob Prugue announced his intention to retire from the asset management business, saying: "Retirement is bittersweet. I am appreciative ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... and bank scandals, job opportunities in risk management and compliance within the sector are forecast to boom in 2018, Robert Walters' latest salary survey shows. With large-scale remediation projects in banking and financial services firms underway ...

Citi veteran joins forces with listed equities manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... the board and management team to build on Milton's success for the benefit of its shareholders," O'Dea said. Milton chair Robert Millner added: "Brendan is an experienced investment professional and we are pleased that he has agreed to join Milton and ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, accepts EU

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Queensland financial planning business and cancelled its AFSL. The EU also means Breakaway Finance Group's sole director Mark Roberts will remove himself from the industry for at least two years. Following ...

Adviser banned over theft from deceased estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... $300,000 to himself from a deceased estate has been permanently banned by the corporate regulator. ASIC has permanently banned Robert Pryor Smith of South Australia's West Lakes, deeming him to not be of good fame or character. An investigation by ASIC ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... will allocate 3% or more of funds to actively managed international equity funds. Advisor Perspectives chief executive Robert Huebscher said the result is not surprising given that price-earnings multiples are lower in emerging and developed non-US markets ...

Blue Sky scores major pension fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... throughout the financial year at or above carrying value. Speaking to Financial Standard in August, Blue Sky managing director Robert Shand said the firm has "carved out a unique position in the Australian market, in that we're the only diversified alternative ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... approval rating of 53 for US presidents that served from 1938 to 2017. Trump's falling approval ratings, to paraphrase Robert Frost, are "... dark and deep, but he has promises to keep, and miles to go before he sleeps". One especially could add another ...

Fiducian acquires three client books worth $40m in FUA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... covering financial advice, portfolio management, superannuation and proprietary administration technology. Fiducian chair Robert Bucknell highlighted Singh's succession as part of a broader initiative to expand the business at a management level given ...

The Fed's aware of building imbalances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... Fortunately, the Fed (or one of them) is on the ball. In his essay on "A Balanced Approach to Monetary Policy", Dallas Fed Robert S. Kaplan, listed "measures of potential financial excess." "The US stock market capitalisation now stands at approximately ...