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CFSGAM appoints senior portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has appointed a new portfolio manager. Jacqueline Fernley joins CFSGAM from boutique manager AretA(C) Investment Partners, where she was principal and portfolio manager, and orchestrated the investment process ...

Investec appoints new managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Investec Australia has appointed a new managing director as part of an expansion to its corporate advisory team. Joining Investec Australia is Anthony Lazzoppina, the former co-head of industrials at Credit Suisse. Prior to this Lazzoppina held the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
Australia employment The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) "Labour Force, Australia" report showed that an estimated 17,900 jobs were created in May. This was more than consensus expectations for a 15,000 gain but part-time employment - rising ...

Societe Generale appoints director from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Societe Generale has appointed a new director, cross asset solutions. Based in Sydney, Adam Weale joins SocGen from Goldman Sachs, where he was executive director of the pension, insurance and sovereign wealth group and managed sales of funds management ...

Munich Re pursues divestment from insurance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Following a strategic review Munich Re has revealed it is considering divesting its primary insurance arm Great Lakes Australia (GLA). GLA is the Australian branch of Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) SE (Great Lakes) and is a wholly owned subsidiary of ...

Super uncertainty makes engagement top priority

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
Global technology company Pitney Bowes believes superannuation funds face a triple threat when it comes to engaging members, especially while the industry is enduring a large shake-up. The firm said recent budget announcements should reinforce an engagement ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
US Fed monetary policy decision No one expected the Fed to alter monetary settings this month - and they didn't - primarily due to the disappointing May employment report released in early June - and it was, "Information received since the Federal Open ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

State governments must divest energy networks: CEDA

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia is recommending each state government divest or privatise the provision of energy network services, a move that would open opportunities for infrastructure investors. CEDA says to usher in a new phase ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...