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Westpac to welcome new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... risk and financial services professional with over 30 years' experience leading risk teams in Australia, Asia, Europe and America, across retail, commercial and investment banking," Hartzer said. He added that Stephen's experience in the UK will be particularly ...

Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
An ASX-listed mortgage broking firm has entered into a life insurance referral partnership with a TAL subsidiary. Under the new arrangement, Australian Finance Group's 2850 brokers will be able to refer life insurance to clients via TAL's Lifebroker ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
It's beginning to look a lot like the Grinch will steal Christmas 2017 and investors would be happy just to get the two-front teeth in their hanged stockings. That's the feeling many an investor would get upon the reading the nasty news, exemplified ...

Janus Henderson sends 100 staff to custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Janus Henderson is expanding its overseas custody partnership with a US$10 trillion custodian, seeing 100 staff move in the process. Under the new partnership, BNP Paribas Securities Services will oversee most of Janus Henderson's (JHG) back and middle ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... our revenue now comes from outside New Zealand. Our strategy is to drive further growth in markets like the UK, North America, and Southeast Asia," he said. Gaining enhanced access to deeper capital markets, increased liquidity and a broader base of ...

China trade deficit with Australia widens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... October) outpaced the 6.9% increase in exports. More important for Sino-US bilateral trade relations, the surplus with America narrowed to US$26.6 billion in October from September's record high US$28.1 billion surplus, although the year-on-year growth ...

Two holds and a raise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... word of another rate hike next month. Most interesting would be the Bank of England's (BOE) meeting on 2 November. Unlike America and Japan, the UK's has seen strong growth and above target inflation. But unlike in America where interest rates were "promised" ...

US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
US Treasury released a report overnight that makes several recommendations for its financial services industry, including the elimination of statutory stress testing for investment managers. The stress testing call came as part of several recommendations ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... is in the top 10 list of the world's most responsible asset allocators, according to a non-partisan US think tank. New America's Bretton Woods II program, which develops analytic tools and advocacy strategies for responsible investors, said the Australian ...

Platinum expands North American footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
Platinum Asset Management appointed a new distributor to help expand its global equity capabilities to the US and Canadian institutional market. AccessAlpha Worldwide, an adviser and placement agent for institutional asset managers and investors, was ...