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Alternatives manager makes senior Australian hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
A global alternatives investment manager is welcoming a senior appointment to its Sydney office, bringing an industry expert back to his home market. Joining as a member at KKR from early 2018 will be David Lang. He joins from Pamplona Capital Management ...

ACSA appoints inaugural chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
The Australian Custodial Services Association has appointed its first chief executive. In June, Financial Standard reported that ACSA was on the hunt for a part-time chief executive, reporting directly to ACSA chair David Knights. Four months later ...

AFA Adviser, Practice of the Year winners named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
Charlie Fraser of Shadforth Financial Group is the 2017 Association of Financial Advisers' Adviser of the Year. Crowned on Friday night at a gala dinner to celebrate the close of this year's AFA National Adviser Conference, private client adviser Fraser ...

European $1bn asset manager enters Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
A European manager with more than $1 billion in assets has received a mandate to invest in the Australian market. Avignon Capital's key markets are property in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain; assets include retail real estate, hotels, offices ...

Cuffe takes stake in Lennox small-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Chris Cuffe's Third Link Growth Fund will provide seeding for a new small-cap strategy established under Challenger boutique network Fidante Partners. Lennox Capital Partners' Australian Small Companies Fund is available to retail and institutional ...

Court approves Rubik sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
The Federal Court has given the tick for the sale of 100% of shares in Rubik Financial to a Geneva-based software provider. As mentioned in Financial Standard in February, Rubik entered into an agreement whereby Temenos would acquire the company for ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
When it comes to offering advice and helping people achieve financial goals, trust is the game changer according to $40 billion super fund Sunsuper. At an exclusive adviser workshop in Brisbane, Sunsuper's head of advice and retail distribution Anne ...

NAB committed to growing impact investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Impact Investing Australia and Philanthropy Australia, in partnership with NAB, launched an initiative to make impact investing more accessible to not-for-profit organisations and for-purpose businesses. The Impact Investment Ready initiative comprises ...

Rubik shareholders mull acquisition by Geneva fintech

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
The directors of ASX-listed fintech company Rubik Financial unanimously recommended shareholders accept a proposal for the company to be acquired by a Geneva-based software provider. Under the terms of its binding scheme implementation deed, Temenos ...

Contango nabs former UBS exec

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Contango Asset Management has appointed a legal and compliance expert as general counsel. Hari Morfis has joined the firm from UBS, bringing with her a high level of regulatory experience and expertise. Having most recently served as executive director ...