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Investec fund acquires Brisbane property

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired an $18.15 million property in a Brisbane industrial suburb. The acquisition, which is fully funded with debt, brings the value of the fund's total portfolio to $379.45 million and the fund's gearing ...

Zurich expands life risk team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... and Norwich Union. Finally, Karli Mann has been appointed to the Victorian team, having been a business development associate with Zurich since 2014. She has also worked as a paraplanner for Crowe Horwath. Brooks added, "Karli's enthusiasm and passion ...

New Calastone service automates distribution processing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Global funds transaction network, Calastone, has launched its new automated distribution service, aimed at cutting out mistakes from manual input and shortening processing times. The distribution solution connects fund manager and client, standardising ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Findex has appointed a new global head of business development. Peter Gardiner joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. Commenting on the appointment, Findex chief executive Spiro Paule said, "Peter has deep ...

Telstra Super replaces NAS with J.P. Morgan as custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with J.P. Morgan Investor Services as master custodian and investment reporting services provider. Explaining the change, Telstra Super head of investment operations Miles Mallick said, "We were impressed ...

Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
More advice practices are looking to depart institutionally-aligned dealer groups and join independent licensees, according to Centrepoint Alliance. As Centrepoint managing director John de Zwart put it in a statement, "The days of adviser practices ...

Magellan launches hedged global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has listed a currency hedged version of its Global Equities Fund, which has grown to over $257 million in five months. The Magellan Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) is set to start trading on the Australian Securities ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Investors to get less in coming years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Investors will "get less and enjoy it worse" in the years ahead as a result of poor earnings growth, low activity levels and little economic progress, fund managers have warned. At an Australian Unity Investments outlook briefing in Sydney, senior fund ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Meetings between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and company boards are considered good value yet the workload placed on boards by the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking ...