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BNP Paribas gains Aust banking licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... regulatory requirements, require a prudentially regulated entity to act in the capacity as sub-custodian. This is particularly true of non-resident banks. The custody and clearing solutions have already been introduced in Singapore, India and Hong Kong ...

SMSFs may be banned from buying shares off-market

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... shares or other assets for SMSFs must be 'on market' to address the potential risks of transaction back-dating and a lack of true valuations of assets," said Pauline Vamos, a member of the consultative group. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' ...

BNP Paribas return to defensive fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
... sometimes investing in equity type products. We feel the market is rejecting that idea and looking for fixed income to be a true defensive asset class," said Harrison. "That feeds into the argument about why a lot of funds were disappointed by their ...

I'm still standing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... Armageddon is coming' story had any semblance of truth. I would continue on culling risk assets off my portfolio if I'm a true believer. Wouldn't you? Wouldn't anyone? But the financial markets' performance over the dying days of June belied the lie ...

SimpleWRAP launches $1500 platform pricing

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... behalf of their clients." "We expect that simpleWRAP will be an integral component for those planners joining the move to true fee for service," said Weston, adding that the simpleWRAP platform was well suited for clients with $200,000 and above. Weston ...

Landmark case against board duty failure

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... management. "Each member of the board must bring and apply their own skills and knowledge when declaring financial statements are true and fair." "This is not a responsibility company boards can delegate or merely rubber stamp. It's not good enough for ...

Time to call it quits - again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2011
... how and why it has gotten this ugly. We can cut, slice and dissect the how's and why's to the crisis, but it won't go away. True, the key to curing a problem is by understanding the causes but we already know how the Greeks and the Eurozone got here. ...

The seventh week

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2011
... February-March 2001 (where it dropped for eight straight weeks). In the meantime, let's wait for Dr. Doomy's predictions to come true -- one of them will.

Schroders move $25bn to single platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... rate of Australian businesses demanded a core platform to support future growth "With SimCorp Dimension we are now running a true single platform in the Asia Pacific region that meets multinational requirements and covers multiple time zones," said Wood. ...

New software simplifies front office broking

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... executive of GBST Broker Services, said the system integrates the GBST Shares clearing and settlement system, giving advisers a true picture of client holdings and positions while integrating into cash management accounts. They could then see client ...