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Bentham appoints Goldman Sachs client portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Boutique global credit fund manager Bentham Asset Management has appointed Kate Harris to the newly created role of client portfolio manager. Harris joins from Goldman Sachs, where she has worked in various roles for the last 12 years, most recently ...

Cbus to divest tobacco holdings as stocks fall from highs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Cbus Super will divest its holdings in tobacco companies in the interest of members and their long-term investment returns. The super fund has written to fund managers to instruct them to divest tobacco holdings immediately. Where Cbus invests through ...

Financial services to make 100,000 millionaires by 2017

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
A booming financial services industry will account for an explosion in the number of millionaires over the next four years, according to a report by WealthInsight. By 2017, the research and data provider said there will be an estimated 402,000 millionaires ...

Aberdeen MD Jollie joins FSC board

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management Australia managing director Brett Jollie has been appointed to the board of the Financial Services Council (FSC). Jollie joined Aberdeen in 2000, was head of European marketing at Aberdeen's Edinburgh office between 2004 and ...

Jenepe AM launches IPO fund with London partner

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
Australian investment manager Jenepe Asset Management has joined with London-based IPO Capital Partners in launching a fund targeting new listing opportunities. The Jenepe IPO Capital Fund is domiciled offshore in the Cayman Islands and will be managed ...

Aon Master Trusts gets MySuper approval

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
The Aon Master Trust has become the latest fund to receive its MySuper authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). On 1 January 2014, the Aon Master Trust will launch Aon MySuper. The new investment option takes a lifecycle ...

Prime targets investment in accounting firms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Prime Financial Group's growth plans centre on taking non-controlling equity stakes in accounting firms as well as recruiting them. The wealth management group has targeted growth beyond what it can achieve organically for the next financial year. Prime ...

AMP adds four NZ advice firms to network

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
AMP has grown its presence in New Zealand, with four kiwi financial planning practises joining its AdviceFirst network. Majority-owned by the AMP Group, AdviceFirst has recently completed acquisitions of John Grogan Insurances Ltd, Advice 4 U, Bob Edwards ...

Deutsche Bank dismisses mining fears

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Mining companies are poised for reasonable growth next year provided commodity prices don't take a nose dive, according to Deutsche Bank strategist Tim Baker. Speaking at a reporting season round-up lunch in Sydney, he said that recent weakness in the ...

NAB denies "new" offshoring program in face of job loss figures

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... key roles and the appointment a new general manager of Advice Partnerships. Former Godfrey Pembroke general manager Peter Smith will take over the role of manager of Advice Partnerships at NAB Wealth. Sean Allen will take over Smith's former role as ...