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JPMAM appoints APAC chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... executive of Asia Pacific, Global Investment Management (GIM). Michael Falcon was previously head of JPMAM's Asia Pacific funds and he replaces outgoing chief Jed Laskowitz, who will transition to the role of co-head of Global Investment Management Solutions. ...

SelectingSuper rejects claim small funds should merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
SelectingSuper has rejected the reported assertion that super funds with less than $5 billion in assets should be required to merge. In was reported in Fairfax media this morning that a major superannuation research group has said that funds below this ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... State Street head of global services for Australia and New Zealand, Paul Khoury. Craig Bingham, chief executive of Bennelong Funds Management said the need to adapt to prosper, rather than die, has always been there. "The challenge is how you challenge ...

FIIG launches fixed income MDA service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed former head of fixed income at Dixon Advisory Funds Management, Alwyn Hung, to lead a new managed accounts service for bonds. Hung joins FIIG as the senior portfolio manager of cash and fixed income for the Managed Income ...

Advisers looking to offer MDA services

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... with MGP this year to provide MDA services. Of those, six signed up in the June quarter alone. As a result MGP has grown funds under administration to $1.5 billion as at June 30, 2015. "These new services, along with flows from our existing supporters ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... on in 2011. Prior to that, he was principal analyst at Turnstone Applied Research. He was also managing director at Atom Funds Management and Fat Prophets' chief operating officer. Speaking to Financial Standard, Wilson said that he was "delighted" to ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Northern Trust has been appointed to provide global custody services for UCA Funds Management, one of Australia's largest ethical fund managers. UCA Funds Management chief executive, Michael Walsh, said the appointment also brings the company one step ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...

China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... States or Japan don't have. Speaking in front of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on behalf of the funds management sector, Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "ChAFTA builds the architecture we ...