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K2 appoints head of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... Equity Trustees. Boubouras has also held senior roles at HSBC Global Asset Management, Macquarie Group, Westpac, NSW Treasury and UBS (then SBC). K2 chief executive Campbell Neal said: "[Boubouras] brings with him a wealth of experience from both an ...

VanEck launches first active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... said. Neiron said VanEck doesn't pay any commissions to brokers/advisers unlike LICs and LITs, which will be subject to a Treasury consultation announced yesterday. "LIT structures are in the best interest of fund managers...We are saying there a lot ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
Treasury has announced a four-week consultation into "stamping fees" paid by fund managers to advisers and brokers for exchange-listed funds, as public scrutiny into the practice mounts. The Future of financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in 2013 put an end ...

Aussie stocks burnt in blaze

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... for both the fourth quarter 2019 and the first quarter 2020. New research, coming out of investment giant UBS, names Treasury Wine Estates and Bega Cheese as two consumer staples that have been impacted by the crisis, while the report suggests weaker ...

Fintech appoints former super fund chief

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... company, including 14 years at the helm of First State Super. He currently serves as a director of TCorp (New South Wales Treasury Corporation), WSC Group, The Global Advisory Council of Tobacco Free Portfolios and the Sydney Financial Forum. Since 1998 ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
The former managing director of RBC Investor & Treasury Services has been named chief executive of a financial advice technology provider. David Travers has joined Fourth Line, a risk management and compliance regtech solution as its chief executive. ...

FPA supports tightening insurance claims

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said in a submission to Treasury that it supports bringing insurance claims handling under the definition of financial services. The submission, in response to Treasury's exposure draft legislation and ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... indicates that financial markets are betting on the Fed to rip roar on inflation. "FT said investors are piling into Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS, as Fed is considering the idea of letting consumer price increases run above target..." ...

Investment firm adds portfolio manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... director and deputy secretary of the Economic Society of Australia in Queensland, and as a senior economist at Queensland Treasury.

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... the government of the day - Labor or the Coalition - had enough foresight. But as it turns out, all of Australia's treasury men - Labor's Wayne Swan and then Chris Bowen; the Coalition's Joe Hockey, Scott Morrison and now Josh Frydenberg ...