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BTFG alternatives head departs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
BT Financial Group's head of alternatives at BT Investment Solutions has left the company. Chris Thompson joined BT in 2005 as a portfolio manager for multi-manager funds. He was a founding member of the team. He moved onto the head of alternatives ...

Westpac COO departs, management restructures

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Westpac will reshuffle its executive team following the departure of its chief operating officer who is set to retire from the company. John Arthur joined Westpac in 2008 as group executive, counsel and secretariat. He became chief operating officer ...

Wilson explains Aurora fund wind-up proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has outlined to unitholders why the HHY fund, managed by Keybridge Capital, should be shut down. Arguing that the "expertise to manage the HHY portfolio promoted to unitholders is no longer at Keybridge," Wilson's letter referred ...

ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
The Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal of New South Wales has allowed a case against ANZ and OnePath for mis-selling a life insurance product to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens ...

Shaw and Partners joins forces with Praemium

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Shaw and Partners and Praemium have partnered to deliver a managed account solution for clients. The solution consists of two investment model portfolios under a separately managed account (SMA) structure. One allocates exclusively to Australian equities ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut Australia's banks are being heavily criticised for not passing on the full effect of this week's rate cut to consumers in lower mortgage rates. But with almost 60% of bank funding coming ...

Multi-asset fund launches on ASX

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... global equities, fixed income, property, commodities, cash and foreign currency in one trade." BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said: "Active exchange traded managed funds are an important step in the evolution of exchange traded products, providing ...

Stanford Brown hires former Philo Capital CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Stanford Brown has appointed a new chief investment officer. Ashley Owen joins the boutique advice group from portfolio management firm Philo Capital, where he was also chief investment officer. He is also currently a director at Third Link Investment ...

AB hires senior research analyst from CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
AllianceBernstein has appointed a senior research analyst. Gates Moss joins AB's Australian equities team from Colonial First State Global Asset Management, where he was a senior investment analyst, core Australian equities. Prior to that, he worked ...

Wilson submits request to shut down Aurora fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Wilson Asset Management has submitted a request for an extraordinary general meeting to wind up an Aurora Funds Management fund. Aurora is the responsible entity for the HHY Fund, which is designed to give investors exposure to loans and hybrid securities ...