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Praemium signs wealth management heavyweight

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
A wealth manager with about $27 billion in assets under management has signed on to use Praemium's managed accounts services. Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Australia and its about 115 financial advisers will use Praemium's separately managed ...

Advisers still resistant to social media

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
About 60% of financial advice practices are yet to integrate social media into client engagement strategies despite the majority of Australians using some form of social media every day. Latest research from Netwealth shows 40% of advice practices use ...

Liquidnet and OTAS ramp up AI play

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Liquidnet's acquisition of equity analytics firm OTAS Technologies is beginning to bear fruit for Australian institutional traders and investment offices, particularly following MiFID II implementation. About 12 months into the partnership, the ...

SMAs leading growth at Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Praemium's separately managed accounts business is leading the pack among its offerings, raking in 47% higher revenues in the first half of FY18 as compared to H1 FY17. Collectively the company's product offerings brought in revenue of $21.5 ...

Investa mulls Blackstone deal, possible insto partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
Investa Wholesale Funds Management has responded to Blackstone's offer to acquire the Investa Office Fund. On Monday, Investa Listed Funds Management - RE for the office fund - announced Blackstone had submitted an all-cash proposal to acquire IOF ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
Robeco was awarded mandates, collectively representing $500 million, by two financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand. While the institutions haven't been named, both made investments in Robeco's fundamental global credits strategy. ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
The Financial Services Council supports negotiations between Australia and the Council of the European Union to flesh out a free trade agreement. The FTA will widen the door for Australian funds to access Europe's sophisticated funds management ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
T. Rowe Price has promoted internally to fill the head of research role that opened up at its Australian equities team when the incumbent Viral Patel left for Fidelity International earlier this month. Ryan Martyn takes on the role after seven years ...

CBA sells interests in Chinese insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Commonwealth Bank has offloaded its stake in a Chinese life insurance joint venture for $668 million. CBA sold its 37.5% equity interest in BoComm Life Insurance to Japanese insurer Mitsui Sumitomo as per a condition of the bank's sale of its Australian ...

Rest awards global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
Rest has awarded a new global equities mandate to a US-based boutique. GQG Partners, part of Pacific Current Group's multi-affiliate suite, will manage a global equities portfolio for the $50 billion fund. The mandate brings GQG's total number ...