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Tribeca announces new appointment

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016

Tribeca Investment Partners has created a new role to co-manage the portfolio of its Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund. Joining Tribeca as the portfolio co-manager is Craig Evans. Based in Sydney, Evans will be responsible for building on the absolute ...

HUB24 funds under administration to hit $3bn

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016

There is no shortage of good news at listed company HUB24, which is forecast to almost double its funds under administration (FUA) within 12 months. The share price tells the story: From a 52-week low of just over a dollar, shares in the platform provider ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015

The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015

The Glass-Steagall Act that used to require US banking groups to separate their traditional activities from their investment management activities has been re-introduced into the US Senate. The legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent ...

Eslake consultancy up and running after leaving BoA

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015

Economist Saul Eslake is "pleasantly surprised" at the amount of work that he has been asked to do through his consultancy firm only weeks after leaving Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML). Speaking to Financial Standard, Eslake said that over the ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015

Now that Grexit worries have been sorted - sort of - and a Graccident averted (yet again), financial markets are likely to look for the next big worry. They don't have to scour far, wide and yonder - it was out-headlined by Greece these past few days ...

Mining exports finally give way to financial services

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015

As Australia's extraordinary mining boom peters out, the Government is finally getting behind financial services exports and will invest $6 billion in free trade agreements (FTA) in Asia. "If we could lift our service exports like higher education ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN | TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015

Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014

This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Labor asks for bipartisan consensus on FSI super issues

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen asked the government to work with the opposition to reach "bipartisan consensus on the objectives of the superannuation system," following the release of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) final report. Bowen said that Labor ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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