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Legg Mason appoints insto sales head from Media Super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
Legg Mason has appointed a new institutional sales director. Justin Nunan joins the $962 billion fund manager from Media Super, where he was an investment manager. Prior to that, he held multiple roles at ME Bank, including head of treasury sales, institutional ...

ASIC appoints former AFA chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
ASIC has named the 18 members of its Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), including the former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers. Brad Fox will join the FSCP along with Annette Spencer, Bruce Debenham, Calvert Duffy, Christina ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Perennial Value Management has appointed a head of mid-caps and a head of smaller companies and micro caps. Grant Oshry, the new head of mid-caps, previously headed up Perennial's small-cap business since 2007. Perennial managing director John Murray ...

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 ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
A Perennial-managed listed investment company specialising in managing downside risk in Australian equities has amended its investment guidelines. Following the board's approval, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) can now up its allocation to small cap ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Wilson Asset Management, via WAM Capital, has submitted an off-market takeover proposal for Molopo Energy, following similar contested proposals from Keybridge Capital and Aurora Funds Management. WAM Capital is seeking all ordinary shares in Molopo ...

Pinnacle flags partnerships and LICs in growth plan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Pinnacle outlined its medium-term growth plan at a Wilsons Advisory conference today, flagging partnerships with new boutiques and launching new listed vehicles. Pinnacle chair Alan Watson and managing director Ian Macoun explained the business has ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
BT Investment Management boosted its cash net profit after tax by 11% to $173.1 million, despite a 51% dip in performance fee earnings. The profit was mostly driven by strong net inflows of $4.7 billion; the boost in funds under management - up 14% ...

State Street global chief to retire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
State Street's global chief executive will retire next year after more than 30 years with the global financial services firm. Jay Hooley took the reins at the US' second-oldest financial institution in 2010, having joined in 1986. Over the past three ...

Fintech firm launches $7.5m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
A fintech business offering a commission-free flat-fee ASX brokerage service has opened its initial public offering, aiming to raise up to $7.5 million. SelfWealth (ASX:SWF) will issue 37.5 million shares at 20c per share and anticipates market capitalisation ...