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US pensions fight for trust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... "forum" shopping by realigning and restructuring the existing U.S. regulatory model, including re-establishing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as the protector of investors and providing it the appropriate resources to achieve its mission. ...

Ex-director banned for 25 years

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2009
... Wales from managing corporations for 25 years. Following an investigation and proceedings commenced by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) the Court previously found that Goulding had breached his duties as a director by allowing ...

Babcock & Brown folds

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... this has caused." "The restructure would have produced a potentially better result for all investors in the company's securities," it said in the ASX statement. However, the debt proposal was made as the shares plummeted to around 30 cents compared to ...

Aladdin combines FI and eq

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... within Aladdin six months earlier than we thought," said Allfrey. Because Aladdin processes 800,000 fixed interest securities everyday and analyses 1200 separate factors, being able to incorporate an equities analysis platform creates a bigger platform ...

BT revamps wrap for equities

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... and investors' appetite for direct equities. Lastly, Lawrenson believes that there would be a huge uptake of listed securities when the market recovers, and when advisers look to transfer their cash holdings on the BT Wrap platform into the stock market. ...

Perpetual appoints joint quant head

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... allocation before this appointment. He also worked at YBA Kanoo, Gulf International Bank, Bankers Trust, ANZ McCaughan Securities and Citibank. Suntharam will focus on managing the firm's quantitative investment suite across market neutral, long short ...

Planners tune in to ETFs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2009
... the last few years, Australian investors have been able to conveniently diversify into Gold Bullion via Gold Bullion Securities and now have ready access to convenient investing in other previous metals like platinum and silver," he said. In the US ...

GSJBW appoints co-CEO

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... ex-co chief executive Craig Drummond who retired from the firm in May. Rothery is managing director and head of the securities division and has been a member of the firm's management committee since 2003 He has also been a director on the Goldman Sachs ...

ASIC keeps short selling ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is keeping the ban on covered short selling of financial securities until the end of May. According to ASIC, the regulator weighed up the continued volatility in global financial markets and ...

CORRECTION: Snowball expands corp super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2009
Snowball Group has acquired the corporate superannuation business of Hood Sweeney Securities, a move that adds $80 million in funds to the group's existing corporate super funds under advice. The deal does not affect Hood Sweeney Securities Pty Ltd ...