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MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... The group insurance segment however, recorded minimal growth, up 1.8% year-on-year to $6.3 billion, with MetLife (14.1%), TAL (10.6%) and AIA (7.1%) reporting stronger inflows as a result of winning significant superannuation fund insurance mandates ...

High valuations drive insto investors to alternatives: BlackRock

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
2018 will see global institutional investors significantly ramping up allocations to alternatives and real assets in light of continuing low interest rates and high valuations for risk assets, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's 2018 Global ...

AMP Capital names executive switch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
AMP Capital's joint chief financial officer and chief operating officer has left the company and a successor has been appointed. Margaret Payn, who has worked with AMP Capital for five years, will relocate to the UK for family reasons. John Patrick ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
A global investment manager headquartered in London and Dubai, which specialises in bespoke strategies for sophisticated investors, is entering the Australian institutional market with the help of a local representative. The Entrepreneur's Investment ...

Global wealth manager champions embattled digital currencies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
One of the world's largest independent wealth management firms will introduce a cryptocurrency app, despite recent price slumps and having labelled it "a major gamble". deVere Group announced the launch of deVere Crypto which will allow users to store ...

Citigroup takes action on pay inequality

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Citigroup will be the first US bank to begin disclosing wage data and adjusting employee salaries as part of a company-wide strategy to close the pay gap for women and minorities. The organisation confirmed it is taking steps to disclose gender and ...

School holidays require prudent financial planning: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Parents forked out $1.1 billion over the summer school holidays, leaving many without a budget financially stressed, a new survey shows. Research from the Commonwealth Bank found children tend to ask parents for money eight times more compared to regular ...

AMP Capital confirms expanded multi asset group role

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
A promotion among AMP Capital's multi asset group saw it expand one of its key leadership positions in 2017, creating the new role of head of market solutions and business management. Song Hong entered the new role in September 2017. Prior to his appointment ...

Siri and Alexa: The future of banking?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Using artificial intelligence to do all your personal and business banking from the comfort of your own home may be closer than you realise, NAB predicts. NAB executive general manager, digital and innovation Jonathan Davey said the proliferation of ...

Former Perpetual manager moves to advice firm

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
A former Perpetual national practice development manager has accepted a position at a regional financial advice firm. Lisa Gamble recently joined Newcastle-based Infinity Wealth and Financial Services as the firm's business manager, with oversight for ...