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Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
ARK Invest chief executive Catherine Wood holds the view that every stock in the firm's disruptive innovation portfolio is an early-stage growth stock, and this includes Amazon - a firm approaching US$600 billion market capitalisation. "The way we know ...

Former Myer Family Company chief joins $1.1bn manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... board, management and staff in strengthening the company's position in the sector, and to leading it into new areas of innovation and growth." The Melbourne-based fund manager also appointed Fiona Pearse to its board of directors, marking the board composition ...

Lowy hands over keys to the Westfield kingdom

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... acquisition of Westfield is a natural extension of Unibail-Rodamco's strategy of concentration, differentiation and innovation. It adds a number of new attractive retail markets in London and the wealthiest catchment areas in the United States."

Financial Standard launches the Investment Leadership Awards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... class and how much risk they take in pursuit of their goals. "Investment management is going through a period of rapid innovation. The rise of indexed strategies, new alternatives to unit trust and AI-led stockpicking threaten to challenge age-old industry ...

ANZ sells life insurance business for $2.85 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
... "Zurich's experience in working with banks around the world to provide insurance solutions, combined with its commitment to innovation and strong presence in Australia is a good outcome for our customers, shareholders and distribution partners," George ...

Parametric appoints product manager from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... Watson, where she was an investment consultant. Prior to that, she was a senior research analyst at the Investment Innovation Institute in Singapore, a senior consultant with Morningstar, a senior consulting analyst at Russell Investments and a ratings ...

REST rolls out its millennial pitch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... members was recognised at the recent Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards 2017 with REST winning the Rainmaker SelectingSuper Innovation Award for Millennial Superannuation.

Westpac GM departs to Citi

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... alignment of operating models across divisions, and the group's automation agenda allowed the organisation to build innovation capabilities and partnerships with financial technology companies and improve customer experiences. Opperman takes over from ...

Link adds DB super fund to admin portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... what's to come. "With the reform agenda the burden on [funds and] the members to invest just in the reform, never mind innovation, is huge," she said. "For a fund to be able do that independently and be in-house administered is increasingly not viable." ...

Cbus expands senior investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... Former head of portfolio management at NAB, Patricia Lindenboim, is joining Cbus as head of strategy and investment innovation in the Sydney office. Lindenboim will work across the whole Investments team to develop strategic and innovative initiatives. ...