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Saxo appoints chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... includes senior commercial and operational roles at Macquarie Bank and Deutsche Bank in Australia and Hong Kong. He replaces Ben Smoker, who left Saxo after close to three years as chief executive. Smoker joined BT Financial Group in January as a director ...

Chief economist update: Wrong way, go down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
The A$/US$ exchange rate is, according to my Bloomberg screen, currently trading at US$0.7141, up 0.04% from the previous trading day and up 1.3% this year to date. In turn, Bloomberg's US dollar spot index has risen 0.14% overnight and is just ...

Global manager launches ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
A global manager has launched a new strategy for that will invest in listed companies poised to benefit from the trend towards decarbonisation. Investec Asset Management's Global Environment Strategy aims to identify the businesses whose products ...

AFA rebukes ideological drive against conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The Association of Financial Advisers came out swinging in a public response to the Royal Commission's final report this morning. Speaking at the Sydney leg of the association's annual Connect Tour, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism ...

Chief economist update: The Fed has hit neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
The widely-anticipated market moving event this week - US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's semi-annual testimony before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the US Senate - turned out to be a bummer. We've seen this ...

NAB extends asset manager custody deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
NAB Asset Servicing has extended its custody partnership with a $4.5 billion fund manager. On Tuesday the custodian said an extensive operating model led to the deal extension, which will see it also provide unit registry services, including call centre ...

Royal Commission boosts platform provider

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
Another platform provider believes it's well positioned after the Royal Commission. Releasing its half-yearly results to the ASX today, HUB24 said it expects to benefit from Kenneth Hayne's suite of recommendations for improving the wealth management ...

Stamford Capital expands into Victoria

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
The nine-year-old firm has opened a Melbourne office with a new director, as it scours Victoria for new commercial debt deals and high-net-worth and family office investors. Stamford Capital currently transacts capital from about 400 sophisticated investors ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
AMP, Hostplus and ANZ OnePath will be hit hardest by the Protecting Your Super package, according to latest Rainmaker insight. More than five million superannuation accounts are set to benefit from the new legislation passed through the Senate last ...

Industry fund welcomes new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
A $6 billion industry superannuation fund recently appointed a new chair. Joseph Di Leo is the new chair of LUCRF Super. Former chair Tim Kennedy has stepped into the role of deputy chair. Di Leo joined the fund's board of directors in March 2018 as ...