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Family office administration wasted on inefficient reporting: FOX

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Family offices are spending up to 75% of its time on reporting due to inefficiencies, according to research from the Family Office Exchange. The research showed that the average family office spends 32% of its time on collecting, verifying, analysing ...

Investec appoints KPMG exec

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
Investec has appointed a corporate advisory managing director from KPMG. Chris Stefanovski was previously KPMG's head of M&A - Sydney on the deal advisory and M&A team, where he managed all corporate finance transactions. He has also held roles at ABN ...

Leadership changes on IOOF research team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... also held roles at CBA, Dresdner Kleinwort and Henderson Global Investors. Reporting to Herold is another new appointment: Alex Harris as senior research manager for defensive assets. He has held roles at ClearView and BT/Westpac. IOOF is searching for ...

BOQ director announces resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
The Bank of Queensland has announced the resignation of a non-executive director. Standing down is Neil Berkett. He is currently chair of The Guardian Media Group, a non-executive director at Sage, and was the former chief executive of Virgin Media ...

Equities out, alternatives in for pension funds

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Large pension funds, including superannuation and sovereign wealth funds, are increasing their exposure to alternatives to preserve or improve return, according to the OECD 2015 Large Pension Funds Survey. The report noted that pension funds in general ...

Fixed income investors turning to Serbia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Fixed income investors need to focus on new opportunities for return in a low-rate environment, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager and head of international fixed income Arif Husain. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price Equities Adviser event in ...

BTIM hires Challenger exec for new group head role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
BT Investment Management has appointed a new head of group finance. Reporting to group chief financial officer Cameron Williamson, Vicki Gemisis joins BTIM from an 11-year stint at Challenger, where she was head of business management, boutique partnerships. ...

IFM appoints responsible investment director

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
IFM has appointed an executive director, responsible investment. Chris Newton joins IFM from Australia Post, where he was head of social innovation and development. Prior to that, he was head of community partnerships and products for the same company ...

Court dismisses ex-AMP planner seeking hold on ASIC ban

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
The Federal Court has dismissed an application made by a financial planner to restrain ASIC from making a possible banning order. ASIC issued Lionsgate Financial Group planner Rommel Panganiban with a hearing notice in late 2015 relating to concerns ...

CommInsure appoints independent review expert

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
CommInsure has announced the appointment of its independent expert to review past life insurance claims. Deloitte will responsible for selecting a representative sample of denied CommInsure claims over the last five years, determining the validity of ...