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Zurich makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... proposition across all touchpoints, including claims, underwriting and customer service. Anderson will also assume responsibility for the IT function within the business. Anderson joined the Australian business 18 months ago from Zurich's regional team ...

Franklin Templeton beefs up fixed income team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... income products for the Australian market. Jennifer Wee has joined as research analyst, fixed income and will have responsibility for credit research and analysis. Prior to joining Franklin Templeton, she was a research analyst at Deutsche Asset & Wealth ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... can do," said Blitzer. "In the US advisers are increasingly using ETFs to build portfolios." Blitzer has overall responsibility for index security selection, as well as index analysis and management at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Active fees have to come ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... a significant problem for Cbus that we need to get to the bottom of." In response to the question, "Do you take responsibility for the culture of Cbus that has arisen?" Atkin responded, "Ultimately, as the CEO, I must." The hearing continued today, with ...

New Perpetual LIC gets Zenith rating

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
... bias." Speaking specifically about PIC, Zenith said: "PIC's Portfolio Manager is Vince Pezzullo who retains total responsibility for investment decisions for the LIC, however the portfolio construction process leverages off the rigorous company research ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... new report on the big four banks' exposure to 'unburnable carbon risk' by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). The report, written by ACCR research director Howard Pender, argues that the banks' current level of exposure to high-carbon ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... "The tides of accountability for ensuring financial security in retirement are shifting from State and employer responsibility to individuals in many countries. This trend will continue as life expectancy continues to increase and many governments reduce ...

Un-taper re-reflate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... panacea for the problems currently faced by the US economy... Fostering healthy growth and job creation is a shared responsibility of all economic policymakers, in close cooperation with the private sector."

Standard Life Investments names head of new infra debt team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... of project finance (public sector) at Nationwide Building Society Jeremy Allcock will lead the team and assume responsibility for investment into the asset class. He has 17 years' experience in the infrastructure funding sector. Allcock will report to ...

JP Morgan AM rejigs Asia Pacific management team

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
JP Morgan Asset Management has handed Asia Pacific chief executive Jed Laskowitz responsibility for co-managing the group's new global investment solutions business. He will be supported in this new role by Michael O'Brien who is currently head of the ...