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Pengana absolute return fund shifts to daily pricing

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
Australian funds management group, Pengana has announced that its Pengana Absolute Return Asia Pacific Fund (PARAPF) has moved to daily pricing. The move brings the fund's pricing, and processing of applications and redemptions in line with the rest ...

Spring FG appoints finance subsidiary chief

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Spring FG has appointed the head of its mortgage and finance subsidiary Spring FG Finance. Deni Khoury joins Spring FG from the Bank of Queensland where he was a senior branch manager. Prior to that he was a relationship business manager at CBA, a branch ...

Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Boutique global equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed an investment manager from a UK firm to a newly-created head of research role. Hugh Selby-Smith joins the firm's Melbourne office from London-based Omni Partners, where he was responsible ...

Shaw and Partners appoints CBA, Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Shaw and Partners has appointed a new head of corporate finance. Geoff Carrick joins the firm from CBA Institutional Equities, where he was head of capital markets. Prior to that, he worked at RBS Australia and spent 15 years with Macquarie Capital. ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
Mercer has grown its financial advice business by setting up a new team in Parramatta. The move, which will be completed on 22 March, enables Mercer to be more accessible to customers in Western Sydney and better service its growing Mercer Super Trust ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A recent survey has shown Australia's competitiveness could be at risk due to a lack of interest in STEM subjects. The findings suggest Australia has the lowest percentage of girls studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) celebrated its tenth year milestone last week by raising more than $200,000 at its annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?' fundraising night. More than 700 professionals from the financial services industry ...

FSC announces life insurance award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
The Financial Services Council has announced the winners of its 2016 Life Insurance Awards. Six awards were presented - the first, the Pioneer Award for "[demonstrating] an outstanding commitment to innovative thinking to transform the life insurance ...

Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
Global investment manager Capital Group has launched its US global equity strategy in Australia. The New Perspective fund focuses on trends in global trade and economic and political relationships rather than specific industries or regions. The newly ...

ANZ appoints PwC for OnePath compliance review

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
ANZ has appointed PwC to conduct an independent review of its compliance processes in its OnePath businesses. ASIC raised concerns following ANZ breach reports in 2013 to 2015 regarding life and general insurance, superannuation and funds management ...