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KNM appoints wealth head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... of retail at insurance provider PrefSure. Prior to these roles, Carne was director of enforcement at the Australian Securities Commission. Joe Burke, general manager at KNM and head of KNM for Life, said Carne's experience in corporate governance, compliance ...

JPMorgan WSS appoints new head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services (WSS) has appointed Jane Perry to head of WSS Australia and New Zealand. Starting in early January, Perry will be responsible for sales, operations, technology, client service and product across the WSS business ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2007
... the near-term launch of the "through train" scheme allowing mainland Chinese to invest directly in the city's listed securities. The Hang Seng Index closed 1,526.02 points lower to 28,942.32, a five per cent fall and the worst one-day percentage loss ...

BNP Paribas wins CAAM custody

Credit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has appointed BNP Paribas Securities Services to provide fund administration and custody services following a tender process with other custodians. "The distinguishing factor for me was the people. During the ...

Cairns planner jailed for fraud

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... operated an unregistered investment scheme and that Walters, Evans and Drury Management carried on an investment advice, securities and financial services business without a licence or licence exemption. ASIC permanently banned Walters from providing ...

Sub-prime still has teeth

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... per cent due to unexpectedly severe write-downs for unsold leveraged loans and structured products such as mortgage securities. Merrill Lynch shares experienced their worst daily percentage drop in 18 years falling as much as 11.5 per cent in Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Australian Performance of Services Index (Australian PSI) for October is released. The TD Securities/Melbourne Institute Inflation Gauge for October is out, as is the ANZ Banking Group job advertisements report for October. ...

Adviser ban after Westpoint

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2007
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned NSW-based financial adviser, Andy Shen-En Chen, from providing financial advice for five years after recommending Westpoint to clients. An ASIC investigation found in between October ...

Global competition drives local investor services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... from clients who are now used to buying services globally, said Laurence Bailey, chief executive of JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services. "We used to compare CalPERS to the entire Australian superannuation system, Not any more," he said. Bailey said ...

Aurora to list buy-write income trust

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2007
... generate additional semi-annual income through selling call options over a portfolio of 20 global listed infrastructure securities and claims it will be Australia's first listed investment trust that delivers a "Buy-Write" strategy over global infrastructure ...