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Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

JBS Financial chief executive and former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over ...

AMP Capital strengthens US infrastructure debt team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

AMP Capital has appointed a vice-president to its New York-based infrastructure debt team. Adam Heath joined the investment manager earlier this month with the primary responsibility of origination and execution of infrastructure debt investments in ...

Regal named best Australian hedge fund

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

Regal Funds Management has been crowned Australia's best hedge fund for 2016 at an industry awards ceremony in Sydney last night. Gathering the hedge fund sector's best and brightest, the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards - now in its ...

Advice clients need greater clarity on fees: survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

Financial advisers consistently misjudge their clients' understanding of advisory fee structures, thereby harming their own businesses, according to an industry survey. This is the key finding from a paper released by State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

A joint agricultural investment initiative between diversified financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and ...

PE firm to buy out Goldman Sachs Australian business

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

A global growth private equity firm has signed an agreement to buy out Goldman Sachs Asset Management's Australian business and fund platform. TA Associates will partner with GSAM head of Australia equities Dion Hershan and the Australian GSAM management ...

BNP appoints sales manager from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

BNP Paribas has appointed a new sales manager for New South Wales and Queensland. David Pember joins BNP from J.P. Morgan, where he was executive director, sales manager asset managers and insurance companies. Prior to that, he was a director of strategic ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016

Australia employment The world of financial markets and tea-leaves watching would be a boring place if not for "seasonality adjusted" estimates of economic statistics, especially ones that go up one month and down the next and/or beat expectations one ...

Bisan buys stake in RE, launches PE fund

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016

Bisan has acquired a 40% equity interest in a responsible entity for three managed investment schemes and launched a private equity fund. The asset manager purchased the stake in Endeavour Securities for $600,000 from Linchpin Capital; following completion ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016

Fund administration provider MainstreamBPO has hired a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry to drive its expansion into Europe. To further establish its presence in Europe and the UK the group has opened serviced offices in London and ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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