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Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... industry." Quantifeed Australia senior executive for strategic partnerships Graeme Brant said wealth managers across Asia-Pacific are seeking more engaging investment opportunities for their clients. "A portfolio tracking the performance of companies ...

MLC Life partners to accelerate underwriting process

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
... first in Australia to offer UK underwriting rules engine UnderwriteMe. Partnering with the engine's proprietary owner Pacific Life Re, MLC Life and its customers will benefit from the new business processing and automated underwriting efficiencies afforded ...

IOOF appoints new asset consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... strong performance outcomes to our clients." Also commenting on the appointment, Mercer wealth management leader in the Pacific market, Luke Fitzgerald, said the consulting firm will bring a different kind of perspective and true global capability to ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... majority (53.2%) of investments are in the US, followed by Europe (13%), Canada (9.1%), Japan (6.3%), Australia (4.4%), Asia-Pacific (4.4%), Latin America (3.6%), the UK (2.2%) and China (1.4%).

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... outsource fund accounting, investment operations and distribution functions in an attempt to scale quickly. Across the Asia Pacific, 41% of respondents said political issues are the main threat to growth. In the next five years, 36% are aiming to expand ...

Westpac GM becomes PNG wealth group CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
Westpac's former general manager for South East Asia Pacific is now the chief executive of an ASX-listed Papa New Guinean bank and wealth management firm. Greg Pawson's appointment as Kina Securities' chief executive was announced as part of Kina's ...

MyRetirement too product heavy: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... retirement income solutions with the help of data and technology. Morningstar managing director of research strategy for Asia Pacific Anthony Serhan commented: "What we need is an outcome that provides a blueprint for the coming decades. The Government ...

Senior hires at Northern Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
... Asia regional manager for the institutional brokerage business. McDonough has more than 20 years' experience trading Asia-Pacific equity markets on both the buy and sell side, working for firms such as ITG, Deutsche Asset Management and ABN AMRO. Tania ...

ING restructures, creates distribution head role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... which currently drive 90% of its home loan business. ING also announced that its chief economist and head of research Asia-Pacific, Tim Condon, will retire at the close of the financial year. He is to be succeeded by current chief international economist ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... standards board. AFA general manager, member services, partnerships and campus, Nick Hakes has been appointed to the Asia Pacific Financial Services Association's International Certifications and Standards Board. Commenting on the appointment, AFA chief ...