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Julius Baer, BOC in private wealth JV

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... attracted CHF5.5 bn of net new assets from clients, with the majority of that flowing from growing markets in Asia and the Middle-East, in addition to the local private banking business in Germany.

HDF to engage with APA on bid

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... APA Group following yesterday's announcement of an increased takeover offer. APA Group raised its cash and scrip bid for east coast gas pipeline owner Hastings Diversified Utilities Fund (HDF) to $1.3bn, conditional on due diligence. The revised offer ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... countries that have different regional and municipal risk structures? Maybe the north is doing better than the south, or the east better than the west?" These are all questions that ESG research can shed some light on, he said. "From a country risk perspective ...

Franklin appoints head of sales

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... taking over the role from Adam Quaife who was recently promoted to senior director of Central and Eastern Europe and Middle East, where he will spearhead several new initiatives the company is pursuing in Dubai. "We're very pleased that Keri has agreed ...

Perfect timing for a "perfect storm" alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012
... collapse of the eurozone, a US double-dip, hard-landing of China, hard-landing of emerging markets, and a war in the Middle East. Next year could be a global perfect storm." Perfect! No one could argue with the good doctor's rationale. It's simply perfect! ...

ClearView expands advice division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
ClearView Wealth Limited has expanded its advice division with the number of advisers in its dealer group increasing more than one-third since December. This expansion, announced via an ASX update, reflects ClearView's advice strategy which includes ...

Highly educated SMSF investors prime fraud targets

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
... with John Lawler, chief executive of the ACC adding that an "alarming number" of fraudulent operations were based in South-East Asia. While Graeme Colley, director of the SMSF professionals' Association of Australia said the report was "plain commonsense," ...

'Brownfield' infra better suited to pension funds

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2012
Governments hoping to secure pension fund investments into infrastructure projects should focus on 'brownfield' assets rather than expecting them to take on 'greenfield' risks, said European investor Antin Infrastructure Partners. Referring to British ...

Regulation biggest concern for SFOs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
... by 27% who give significant amounts annually to one or more causes. Paul Knox, head of wealth advisory for Europe, Middle East and Asia at J.P. Morgan Private, said the survey highlights the individuality of each SFO, which evolves to reflect the needs ...

Australian instos exposed to AML risks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... agencies that results in an investor breaching an international trade ban. For example, Iran is a major facilitator of Middle East shipping, global trade and of course oil and energy exports, and it's much easier than many investors realise to indirectly ...