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VicSuper appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
VicSuper has appointed a new chief investment officer. Before joining the $17 billion super fund, Andrew Howard was chief investment officer at Pacific Current Group (formerly Treasury Group). Prior to that he was chief investment officer Asia-Pacific ...

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Just when we thought Halloween was over, things are still going bump day and night. Things like the VIX - "fear" - index. It bumped up to a reading of 22.1 overnight, just six points shorts of this year's high of 28.1 reached on the 11th of February. ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Westpac says it is dedicated to leading the development of social finance in Australia and is eager to introduce other institutional investors to future transactions. Westpac Institutional Bank executive director and head of structured finance, Greg ...

ANZ mulls selling wealth business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
ANZ says the sale of its wealth management business is a possible scenario that has been thought about "for some time." In releasing the bank's full-year results today, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott told a media briefing its wealth business is ...

Cromwell introduces Euro property fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Cromwell Property Group is launching the Cromwell European Cities Income Fund. The fund, which received €205 million in seed capital from Denmark's largest privately owned life insurance company PFA Pension, is a long-term, open-ended core fund with ...

New life insurance standards for super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Superannuation trustees and life insurers will be bound by new life insurance standards emerging from an industry leadership group aiming to benchmark best practice. The Superannuation Industry Working Group is a new collaboration between the Australian ...

Human centred workplaces needed: MetLife

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
A new workplace study from life insurer MetLife reveals significant misalignment in the priorities of Australian employees and employers when it comes to workplace health and wellness. The 'Employee Benefit Trends Study' (EBTS) found Australian employers ...

Principal fund receives strong ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Principal Global Investors' fixed income Global Credit Opportunities Fund has received ratings from both Lonsec and SQM Research. The fund has been labeled 'Recommended' by Lonsec for the third consecutive review, while it has maintained a 'Superior' ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
Australia building approvals New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that the total number of dwelling units approved dropped by 8.7% over the month of September, less than market expectations for a 3.0% decline and follow a ...

Hong Kong fintech makes senior Australia hire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Hong Kong-based digital wealth management company Quantifeed has hired a senior executive for strategic partnerships, with a view to expanding in Australia. Graeme Brant joins Quantifeed from Link Capital Investments, where was a principal of the firm. ...