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BNP appoints PE and real estate head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed a new head of private equity and real estate. Taking on the role is Cleyde Hazell, who commenced the positon in May 2016. Hazell joins BNP Paribas from JPMorgan Chase & Co where she held the role of vice ...

ASIC ban upheld, investment banker jailed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has upheld ASIC's decision to ban a financial adviser from providing financial services for five years. Former Meritum Financial Group adviser, Alfie Chong, was initially banned by ASIC for a range of misconduct ...

Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
Woe is us. Australians all, let's not rejoice! The Australian equity market's reaction to the better-than-expected - heaps better - 1.1% quarterly expansion in March quarter real GDP is beginning to plant the seed of doubt in my psyche. Doubt that perhaps ...

UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
While large Australian institutions such as AustralianSuper and HOSTPLUS are increasingly turning to in-housing of their investment capabilities, the UK pensions industry remains fairly comfortable farming out management of its assets to third-party ...

Investors face 'radical uncertainty': PIMCO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Investors must be prepared to face "radical uncertainty" about the future course of global economies, policies and markets and be aware that "stability is not sustainability", according to PIMCO's latest secular outlook. The report, The Global Outlook ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
Australia retail sales Australian retail sales slightly missed market expectations for a 0.3% increase in April, growing by 0.2% over the month after rising by 0.4% in March. While a big component of household spending - which, in turn, accounts for ...

Group risk business climbs as individual sales fall

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
The latest DEXX&R research suggests in-force group business is on the rise while fewer consumers are purchasing individual products. The DEXX&R Life Analysis Report shows that sales of lump sum risk products fell in the March 2016 quarter to $271 million ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... manufacturing PMI - that mostly tracks small and medium-sized companies - fell to a reading from 49.4 in April to 49.2 in May - the lowest reading in three months and the 15th straight sub-50 reading. The official non-manufacturing PMI declined to 53.1 ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of wholesale fund manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of a Sydney based wholesale service provider. TMK Index's licence was cancelled with effect from 12 May 2016 for failing to apply with a number of obligations. Previously known as Fish ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... approvals increased by 0.7% US consumer confidence The strong gain in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted expectations that the Conference Board measure of consumer mood would produce ...