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Pricing competition risks net returns from MySuper: FSC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2012
... launched a new product this year. In addition new players are entering this market such as Bendigo & Adelaide Bank and ING Direct," Brogden said. The scale of the system was a point of emphasis, with predicted growth outstripping Australia's GDP to reach ...

Retail and insto teams combine to drive strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
Consolidation in the retail market is prompting Australian fund managers to rethink traditional distribution models, with some key players opting to merge their institutional and retail distribution arms. Aberdeen Asset Management was one of the first ...

Franklin Templeton hires ex-INGIM head

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
Fund manager Franklin Templeton has made three new appointments including ING Investment Management's former head of distribution, Jim McKay, as its director of advisory services as the firm expands its staff numbers. In the new role, McKay will be ...

Tyndall creates roles, adds new investment heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011
Tyndall has created two new investment writer positions and appointed two new investment heads as the $22 billion independent investment manager expands its asset management and business development activities. The former co-founder and executive director ...

BlackRock appoints ING Asian fixed income head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011
BlackRock has appointed Joel Kim, who joins from ING Investment Management, as head of Asia-Pacific fixed income. Kim will be based in Singapore, working closely with the global fixed income team to develop the Asian platform. He will also contribute ...

Van Der Wielen heads to UK group Friends Life

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2011
Just 12 months and three weeks after taking the top job, John Van Der Wielen has resigned from ANZ Wealth as managing director to move to UK group, Friends Life. Friends Life brings together the UK operations of Friends Provident and the life assurance ...

Super funds need modern platforms to disclose holdings

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011
Superannuation funds worried about the cost of disclosing their portfolio holdings need to ditch their old legacy platforms, one of the world's biggest platform providers said yesterday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) this ...

Rainmaker reveals 2011 Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2011
Challenger emerged as the biggest winner from the 2011 Rainmaker Sales & Marketing Excellence Awards Dinner last night, picking up three awards, while PIMCO, Legg Mason and AustralianSuper each scooped two. The awards dinner, compared by ABC newsreader ...

ING IM deal sees UBS climb the ranks

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2011
... move signals the significant dilution of a brand that had become well known and liked in Australia. ING now owns just ING Direct and ING Commercial Banking in Australia. ANZ acquired ING Australia in 2009 but recently distanced itself from a potential ...

ANZ appoints head of super

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
ANZ appoints former Aviva director Craig Brackenrig as general manager superannuation & investments, replacing Ross Bowden. Brackenrig will oversee ANZ's core super, investment and retirement solutions, reporting to ANZ Wealth's managing director John ...