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IFM appoints two business development directors

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
IFM Investors has appointed two business development directors for the North American region. Joe Tremblay joins IFM from Talara Capital Management, where he was director of marketing. He has also held roles at Alternative Access Capital and New Stream ...

Unlicensed property investor jailed for six years

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
A property investor has been jailed for six years and three months following an ASIC investigation. Barry Patrick was sentenced by the County Court of Victoria, having been found guilty of three charges of obtaining property by deception, two charges ...

ASIC accepts EU from Perth advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Perth financial advice firm. The regulator expressed concerns about compliance management at Neo Financial Solutions and has requested the group engage with an independent expert to assess these issues. ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

Pitcher Partners enters into joint venture

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Pitcher Partners has entered into a joint venture partnership with a risk specialist. The partnership with MBS Insurance, announced as Pitcher Partners Sydney Insurance Services, will provide specialist protection solutions to meet the bespoke insurance ...

PIMCO hiring for 20 new roles in Asia expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
PIMCO will hire over 20 new professionals in sales and marketing, operations, legal and compliance roles to facilitate its Asia Pacific expansion. Speaking to Financial Standard, PIMCO head of Asia Pacific Eric J. Mogelof said the region "continues ...

Kina appoints Suncorp vet as director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Kina Securities has appointed a new non-executive director. Karen Smith-Pomeroy joins Kina while serving as a non-executive director of Queensland Treasury Corporation, Stanwell Corporation, InFocus Wealth Management and the National Affordable Housing ...

Westpac tops S&P ESG index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Westpac has been determined the financial services industry leader in the S&P Dow Jones global sustainability benchmark. The S&P Dow Jones Sustainability Indices annual review, developed in partnership with RobecoSAM, showed that Westpac comfortably ...

Experts give insights at 2016 Managed Accounts Forum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... Managed Accounts for Financial Advisers Survey, delivered by Rainmaker Group's executive director, research and compliance Alex Dunnin. From there, Beulah Capital's Christian Ryan, Securinvest Financial Planning's Craig Thwaites and Lukasz de Pourtaix ...

Investors hard up for alternatives opportunities

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Fund terms set by alternatives managers are turning away institutional investors, according to Preqin research. Preqin's survey of 490 institutional investors suggests that "at least" 80% of respondents had previously decided not to invest in an alternatives ...