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ANZ mulls selling wealth business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
ANZ says the sale of its wealth management business is a possible scenario that has been thought about "for some time." In releasing the bank's full-year results today, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott told a media briefing its wealth business is ...

ASIC secures $210m in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
ASIC secured $210.5 million in compensation over FY16, according to its annual report. ASIC noted the figure - substantially higher than the $35.2 million over FY15 - was largely driven by "six matters," which comprised 79% of total dollar compensation. ...

Hong Kong fintech makes senior Australia hire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... deliver on Quantifeed's business strategy, and achieving growth in a sustainable way," she said. Chief executive and co-founder Alex Ypsilanti added: "These hires demonstrate the company's commitment to helping wealth management businesses in Asia execute ...

IRESS appoints retirement incomes chair

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
IRESS has appointed a new retirement incomes chair. David Orford takes on the role having been chair of Financial Synergy, whose acquisition by IRESS was completed on October 31. Orford founded Financial Synergy in 1976, having previously been an actuary ...

BTFG to combine key research divisions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
BT Financial Group is looking to combine parts of its Advice Research business with its Investment Research & Governance division. A spokesperson from BTFG has declined to confirm the development but said they are constantly reviewing their teams to ...

Zurich appoints former Lazard CEO in super role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Zurich has appointed a non-executive director to its Zurich Australian Superannuation (ZAS) board. Prior to this appointment Susan Roberts was chief executive of Lazard Asset Management, a position she held for three years. She was also previously a ...

Spire Capital launches second US seniors housing fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Spire Capital has partnered with a US-based private equity fund manager to launch its second US seniors housing fund. Working with Bridge Investment Group, Spire Capital aims to raise around US$2 billion over the next three years, over multiple closing ...

European manager launches China ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
A European asset manager with more than $1 trillion in assets under management has launched a large cap China ETF on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Amundi's FTSE China A50 Index ETF tracks the 50 biggest A Share stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen ...

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The Future Fund has issued its 2016 annual report confirming that its investment performance is ahead of its long term target benchmark. The Future Fund, now valued at $123 billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning ...

PIMCO to take RE in-house

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
PIMCO has obtained a responsible entity license in Australia and plans to internalise RE for its $10 billion managed funds suite. Subject to unitholder approval, PIMCO will then be the RE for the funds available to Australian investors, including the ...