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Global market slide hits NZ Super Fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
The New Zealand Super Fund has released its performance report for January 2016, revealing a negative 3.57% return. The $28 billion sovereign wealth fund attributed this return to its weighting to growth assets - in particular its 65% allocation to ...

KPMG boosts wealth management with industry fund veterans

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
KPMG has hired two directors for its wealth management and superannuation advisory business, both having held senior roles in the industry fund sector. David Bardsley joins KPMG from AustralianSuper, where he headed up the super fund's investment program. ...

BT appoints insurance GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
BT Financial Group has appointed a new general manager, insurance. Sue Houghton joins BT from Arthur J. Gallagher, where she was chief financial and operating officer. She was also chief financial officer at Wesfarmers General Insurance, head of claims ...

PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
South African financial services firm PPS has launched PPS Mutual in Australia, providing access to a retail life risk mutual offering. Under this model, select retail investors within particular professional fields (including medicine, accounting ...

Magellan average monthly inflows hit $214m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Magellan has released its results for the six months ended 31 December 2015, revealing it saw average monthly retail net inflows of $214 million during the period. The firm also saw its average funds under management grow by 44% to $38.8 billion and ...

Macquarie launches robo-advice service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
Macquarie has launched the digital advice service it announced in November 2015. OwnersAdvisory provides custom portfolio advice across all standard asset classes, determining allocation based on personal goals and a generated risk profile. It sources ...

Sustainalytics sets up shop in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
ESG researcher Sustainalytics has opened its Sydney office. The company, which has provided responsible investment research to clients including BNY Mellon, Morningstar and ING Investment Management, said this move "expands Sustainalytics' global footprint ...

IAG appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
IAG has appointed the former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Australia as its new chair. Elizabeth Bryan has been a director of IAG since December 2014 and became deputy chair in June 2015. She is also the chair of Virgin Australia and ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ANZ has announced an unaudited cash profit of $1.85 billion in the three months to 31 December 2015, up 4% on the prior corresponding period. Statutory net profit was $1.6 billion, down slightly from the $1.65 billion reported for the December 2014 ...

ASIC bans former Guardian Advice planner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ASIC has permanently banned a former Guardian Advice representative. Andrew Moroney worked under the Guardian Advice licence from 2006 to 2014, during which time ASIC alleged he engaged in deliberate "policy churn" - annually recommending clients replace ...