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PIMCO appoints new MD

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
PIMCO has appointed a managing director and head of client analytics. Jamil Baz joins PIMCO from Man GLG Partners, where he was a senior managing director and chief investment strategist. He previously worked at PIMCO in 2007 as a portfolio manager. ...

Shaw and Partners appoints three senior advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Shaw and Partners has appointed three new senior advisers, including another two Macquarie veterans. Alasdair Burns and Greg Sadler have joined Shaw and Partners from Macquarie Private Wealth and Macquarie Equities respectively; both had been working ...

Synchron announces LIF tech and referral arrangements

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Following on from its partnership with AIA to create a Life Insurance Framework-friendly insurance product, Synchron has announced two new LIF support initiatives. The first is SyncAdvsr, a software package designed to automatically produce fee disclosure ...

Suncorp appoints new C-suite for restructured business

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Suncorp has consolidated its separate business channels and appointed nine senior executives to lead the restructured company. The three combined operating business units are now banking and wealth, insurance Australia and insurance New Zealand. This ...

ASIC cracks down on social media SMSF ads

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
ASIC has raised concerns about three companies advertising self-managed super fund services on social media. Skybridge Portfolios was using its Facebook page to advertise the benefits of SMSFs, including statements such as: "Get yourself a SMSF for ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
A revival of industry fund outperformance could play a major role in ongoing policy debate that is splitting the superannuation industry into two distinct factions. New research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker ...

HNWIs foresee bullish 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  SATURDAY, 20 FEB 2016
The majority of high-net-worth investors intend to use more of their cash reserves in 2016, according to research by deVere Group. The deVere research is based on a survey of 767 investors worldwide with investable assets of more than $2 million; of ...

Sunsuper brings Vanguard CIO out of retirement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Sunsuper has appointed the former chief investment officer at Vanguard to its investment team. George U. Sauter led Vanguard's investment business from 2003 to 2012, when he announced his retirement. He joined the now-US$3 trillion asset manager in ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Jim Chalmers said greater policy emphasis needs to be placed on financial services' role in the Australian economy. Speaking at the Value Alliance Annual Reception in Sydney, Chalmers referred ...

Productivity Commission should focus on Choice underperformance: AIST

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia has said that the Productivity Commission Review of superannuation should focus on the underperformance of funds in the Choice sector. Specifically, Garcia recommended that the ...