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Afiniation adds weight to Citi fintech initiative

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... financial services firm's latest financial technology initiative. The Citi Mobile Challenge in Asia Pacific is referred to by the bank as a "next-generation accelerator" that combines a virtual hackathon with a developer program, a worldwide network ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian funds management industry is failing to attract female fund managers, even if research proves that gender diverse investment teams outperform those who are male-only. At a time when the financial services sector is pushing to increase ...

Yuan stable (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... for that year - to 7.3% may have raised only a few eyebrows but it certainly added fuel to accusations that the People's Bank of China's (PBOC) was engaging in "beggar thy neighbour" policy when it devalued the yuan - 3.4% in total - last month. The ...

BetaShares grows distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... derivatives markets. Prior to joining BetaShares, she has held senior equity derivative distribution roles with Commonwealth Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO to intermediaries and institutional clients. Smyth's hire follows the recent appointments ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand is driving interest in Australia's hedge fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
ASIC would only ban products in "extreme circumstances" if its regulatory powers were expanded as per Financial System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference ...

NAB appoints Antares GM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... sales since 2012. Prior to that, he was a divisional director at JANA Investment Advisers. He also held multiple positions at Bank of Ireland Asset Management over 29 years at the company. Donohoe will now oversee the entire Antares business, which NAB ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... consolidate the management teams of Millennium3 and Financial Services Partners (FSP) under one structure. Klipin will leave the bank after over two years as chief executive at Millennium3. He was previously chief executive of the Association of Financial ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... investors." "What's the pension fund in Toronto doing? What's the sovereign wealth fund in Beijing doing? What's the Central Bank doing in Europe? They're the people you're competing against for assets," McLaughlin said. The forum centred on a question ...

Super Mario returns fire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... the region. The euro dropped to as low as US$1.1085 while we slept after the Super one announced that the European Central Bank (ECB) raised the cap of sovereign bonds it could buy from 25% of each issue to 33%, QE will continue to proceed as planned ...