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PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). But that plan was soon cast aside following Franc's graduation in the early nineties. Despite the recession ...

ASIC reviews misleading promotion of hybrids

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
... predatory high-frequency trading was a problem in Australia. Medcraft also talked about ASIC's rollout of Market Analysis Intelligence (MAI), its new market surveillance technology. "MAI was purpose built and designed to handle the dynamism of our financial ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... provider Orient Capital has pushed further into the European market with the acquisition of London-based capital markets intelligence business King Worldwide Investor Relations. The group has also acquired a 50% interest in D.F. King & Co's European ...

T. Rowe Price appoints former Ashmore exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... clients to build solutions across the full investment spectrum to support objectives. "This approach draws on global intelligence gleaned from our fixed income and equities analysts around the globe, which David is well equipped to interpret and apply ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... consumers thanks to complex algorithms. Financial advice has a 58% probability of being replaced by robots or artificial intelligence, which puts it among the 10 professions most likely to be computerised in the next 10-20 years, according to Oxford ...

ATO issues warning ahead of tax haven crackdown

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... undertaken on an ongoing and consistent basis. "These actions, plus enhanced information exchange mechanisms and other intelligence, means we will find hidden income." "There's also the future benefits we'll achieve by bringing these assets and income ...

Synchron pushes for providers' direct payment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... have already paid the licensee for those services." The joint submission notes that the collapse of AAA Financial Intelligence in early 2013 resulted in losses to advisers of a reported $300,000. In turn, the collapse of Australian Financial Services ...

PE firms struggling with data management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Six out of 10 private equity firms are struggling with document management and disseminating data into market intelligence, according to global research conducted jointly by TABB Group and SunGard. The team behind the research surveyed 119 senior private ...

Financial system inquiry panel revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013

AFA to train young advisers on soft skills

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will be focusing on helping advisers develop emotional intelligence and soft skills in its GenXt Roadshow for 2014. The roadshow will kick off in Hobart on February 4, 2014, and will also visit Adelaide, Perth ...