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Goldman Sachs CFO to retire

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
Goldman Sachs Group chief financial officer David Viniar will retire at the end of January 2013 and join the board as a non-independent director. He will be replaced by Goldman Sachs global co-head of securities Harvey Schwartz, who will also serve ...

They will or they won't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
We're heading into the home stretch folks. Soon we'll find out the answer to that seemingly eternal "will they, won't they" question? The German Constitutional Court will deliver its verdict on the legality of the EFSF/ESM rescue fund and the US Federal ...

SSgA names wholesale vice president

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) has named Amy Johnston as vice president of wholesale sales, to lead its expansion into the Australian wholesale channel. Johnston joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she held the role as a national accounts ...

Offshore tax havens bank $32tr: report

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
A recent report has found that ultra high net worth people around the world may be holding as much as $32 trillion in offshore tax havens, depriving governments worldwide of as much as $250bn in tax revenues every year. The report's author told the ...

Goldman Sachs focuses on HNW with private bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs is building out its private bank from the US to target wealthy clients in a number of locations including Europe. Agence France-Presse reported that David Viniar, chief financial officer for the bank said the in-house private bank was ...

State Street acquires GS hedge fund admin services

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
State Street Corporation has agreed to acquire Goldman Sachs' US hedge fund administration services in a cash transaction worth approximately US$550 million. The transaction is due to be finalised early in the fourth quarter of 2012 with State Street ...

Northern Trust continues expansion

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Northern Trust has reaffirmed Australian expansion plans, with a new hires in its Melbourne office. Christopher Thomson has joined as a business development manager, in line with plans for 54% staff growth in 2012. Northern Trust said that Thomson's ...

BRICs plus four will drive world investment returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2012
Getting exposure to global growth economies through proxy companies listed on developed world exchanges is old world thinking that has run its course, according Goldman Sachs. These growth markets include the BRIC economies of Brazil, Russia, India ...

Macquarie Private expands adviser team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
Macquarie Private Wealth has appointed 13 new advisers across six state offices in a drive to expand the national team, drawing strongly on the three-year-old Morgan Stanley Smith Barney network. The Queensland team has received the most significant ...

Dutch pension fund files against GSAM

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
The Dutch transport workers' pension fund Pensioenfonds Vervoer has filed claims against ex-manager Goldman Sachs Asset Management International alleging negligence resulting in investment losses. Lawyers for the pension fund said the claims total 240 ...