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KISS selects SMSF compliance software provider

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Keep It Simple Super (KISS) will now use Simple Fund 360 and CAS 360 as its self-managed superannuation administration and corporate compliance software solutions. Both products are owned by BGL Corporate Solutions, whose managing director Ron Lesh ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Bentham Asset Management appointed a senior analyst specialising in bank capital securities. Linden Smith joins Bentham from AMP Capital, where he was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port ...

Hunter Hall shareholders urged to hold the line

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall's independent directors impelled shareholders to ignore increased takeover bids from Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Pinnacle Investment Management. On Friday, Pinnacle announced it was increasing its takeover offer for all shares in Hunter ...

ANZ appoints wealth CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
ANZ named the man to take over the reins as chief investment officer for its Wealth Australia division. Mark Rider, currently head of investment strategy and asset allocation, will step into the role as of 10 March 2017. Rider succeeds Stewart Brentnall ...

Look offshore for income: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
Australia's yield appetite will no longer be sated by income-oriented portfolios that invest solely in domestic assets. A new paper from State Street Global Advisors' SPDR ETF business argues that because of low interest rates and the heavy sector concentration ...

DomaCom secures exclusive US distribution partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
DomaCom entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with a fellow real estate crowdfunding platform in the US. Three days after the ASX-listed fractional property investment firm announced it had received approval from ASIC to extend its crowdfunding ...

Perpetual hires former Count CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
A new group executive will take the reins at Perpetual Investments in April. Before this role, David Lane was chief executive of Count Financial - the wealth management business established by industry luminary Barry Lambert in 1980. Prior to that ...

Veteran Nikko strategist retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
A Nikko Asset Management strategist who joined the firm in 1998 will resign at the end of February. Roger Bridges was originally a senior portfolio manager at Tyndall Investment Management, having been a senior dealer at CBA before that. Tyndall was ...

Assets mispriced by monetary policy: Nikko

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Even as the world tilts back towards inflation and an emphasis on fiscal policy, assets appear to be priced for a lower-for-longer deflationary environment. Speaking at Nikko Asset Management's 2017 Market Outlook in Sydney, global head of multi-asset ...

Meat industry super fund CIO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
The chief investment officer of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) resigned from her position. Mary McLaughlin was CIO at MIESF from 2013. In a statement, she said that her time at the fund had been "very interesting and the fund ...