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BNP Paribas pinches senior JPM custody exec

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services has poached J.P. Morgan's custody and fund services head of product. David Braga will join the company as head of Australia and New Zealand in mid-May. He has 25 years' experience in the financial services ...

MSCI makes key hire to lead local ETF charge

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Global index provider MSCI has hired ETF Consulting managing director Tim Bradbury to launch the company's ETF business in Australia. As vice president of ETF client coverage, Bradbury will be responsible for driving visibility, awareness and usage ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
Proposed changes to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) aimed at pumping funds into small businesses and venture capital projects could spell disaster for the scheme because Chinese investors want low risk assets, according to law firm Hall & Wilcox. ...

New SIV proposals a boon to venture capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Foreign nationals seeking residency in Australia under the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program will need to pump significant funds into venture capital projects and small companies if proposals tabled by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb ...

CBA dangles carrot to roll customers into Essential Super

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is incentivising its banking customers to roll their lost super accounts into its Essential Super product by offering them the chance to win one of 10 $500 vouchers for Coles and Myer. The bank is writing to customers to let ...

AMP Capital joins retirement education portal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
AMP Capital has become the sixth asset manager to join the Lonsec Retire Industry Panel, an online portal designed to help planners give better retirement advice to their clients. The website, www.lonsecretire.com.au, already has the support of NAB ...

CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division contributed strongly to the bank's solid half-year result, increasing funds under administration by 11% and delivering outperformance from 85% of funds over three years. The bank reported a statutory net ...

Rainmaker expands its investment capability with key appointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Rainmaker Group, one of Australia's leading diversified financial services and wealth management industry information and publishing groups, has appointed former AMP and AXA head of advice John Dyall. As head of investment research for Rainmaker Information ...

Parametric grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
After-tax investment specialist Parametric has grown its team with the appointment of a senior analyst. Whitlam Zhang will be responsible for setting up and managing the day-to-day relationships with Australian clients and underlying external investment ...

HESTA names new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
HESTA has appointed its new chief executive officer to succeed Anne-Marie Corboy when she retires at the end of the month. Debby Blakey has been promoted from deputy chief executive of the $30 billion health and community services industry super fund. ...