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OneVue hires head of client services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
OneVue has appointed a head of client services in response to the growth it has seen in its fund services division. Based in Melbourne, Angelia Tonkin will help service the increasing number of clients outsourcing their administration tasks and call ...

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has called on the government to raise the super guarantee to 12% and limit reviews of superannuation policy to once every five years. In a speech at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney's Barangaroo ...

FIIG bolsters managed bonds service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
FIIG Securities has introduced a Conservative Income Strategy option to its Managed Income Portfolio Service (MIPS) program. The new offering will provide investors with simplified access to professional management of investment grade senior and subordinated ...

Mercer consulting head joins Schroders

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
The head of Mercer's investments consulting team has left the company after more than 18 years. Graeme Mather, who was a partner at the firm, has taken up a role with Schroder Investment Management as head of distribution, product and marketing. Mather ...

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
A new study of retiree expenditure answers some myths and fears about what retirees need to live on and will help shape future superannuation policy. Research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and conducted by ...

Robeco appoints sales manager from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Robeco Australia has appointed a new regional sales manager. Sam Besley joins Robeco's Melbourne office from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was a key account manager. Prior to that, he was a business development manager at Fidelity Worldwide ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Local hedge funds are still battling super funds' preference to look offshore for alternatives exposure, according to Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Hedge Fund Awards co-founder Kim Ivey. Ahead of the awards night in September, Ivey said this is ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... NSW (-0.2%), VIC (-1.9%), QLD (-2.6%), SA (-3.7%), NT (-11.0%) and the ACT (-1.3%) while sales increased in WA (3.2%) and TAS (0.5%). Total sales of new motor vehicles increased by 1.6% in July compared with the same month last year, easing from the ...

Investors Mutual appoints Milford and Lazard vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Investors Mutual has appointed a new assistant portfolio manager. Marc Whittaker joins Investors Mutual from Milford Asset Management, where he was a portfolio manager overseeing Australian equities in the Milford Trans-Tasman Fund and Milford Australian ...