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PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... family. "We still talk about that time with a lot of joy," he beams. Returning to Australia for the children to go to high school and to reunite them with the Australian family, Braga became head of product at J. P. Morgan. With all this varied experience ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... industry market concentration has actually intensified. Senator Warren, who prior to running for office was a Harvard Law School professor specialising in bankruptcy law, has recently taken aim at the Securities Exchanges Commission (SEC), arguing that ...

Griffith, FPA launch academic advice journal

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
Griffith Business School and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will publish an academic journal dedicated to financial planning. The Financial Planning Research Journal will publish academic research around financial advice and it is aimed at ...

Former FPA chair to leave Hood Sweeney

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... the remainder of 2015 to ensure a smooth transition while at the same time undertaking further study at Harvard Business School. Hood Sweeney's new managing director will be Chris Stewart, who joined the company in 2011 as head of business development. ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... be a stock picker. He bought his first shares in Blue Metal Industries (later taken over by Boral) while he was still at school and then bought Carlton & United Breweries while studying his Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree, at the University of ...

Aberdeen names FEAL scholarship winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has named the winner for its FEAL London School of Economics Executive Summer School Scholarship for 2015. HESTA executive manager - finance and investment operations David Morris will attend the Leadership in Financial Institutions ...

Age Pension under the spotlight in tonight's budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... pension. The pension reforms are expected to save $2.4 billion in the budget's forward estimates, Morrison said. UTS Business School Professor David Michayluk alerted that the changes might create a disincentive to save among younger Australians. In ...

US schools should teach finlit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... standards for advisers, a major association has said a more important step is introducing financial literacy training into school curriculum. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) said in a policy briefing that: "There is ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... seed money from Perennial's international equity business, which it acquired at the end of last year. "From when I left school I've wanted to manage global equities," Mitchell told Financial Standard. "I've always been willing to back myself as an investor ...

AMP appoints BT head of corporate super

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... our customers lead the lives they want to lead in retirement." Doyle holds an executive MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has extensive trustee experience, including ...