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UBS investment head departs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
UBS Wealth Management head of investments Benjamin Pedley is set to leave the company after less than six months in the role. Hired in January, Pedley was responsible for delivering the group's global investment ideas to local clients. Prior to joining ...

Man Group hires former JP Morgan MD as CEO

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Alternative asset manager Man Group has appointed Jamie Douglas as chief executive of its Australian business. Reporting to Man chief executive Emmanuel Roman, Douglas will have responsibility for giving local and international investors access to Man's ...

AFA Inspire initiative launched in Sydney

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) formally launched its Inspire initiative to provide a network and professional community for women in the financial advice industry at an event in Sydney last night. The initiative is aimed not only at financial ...

Hyperion joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Hyperion Asset Management has joined Calastone, an independent global transaction network for the superannuation and managed fund industries. The fund manager's membership automates flows from participating platforms and custodians into Hyperion Funds. ...

Nikko AM appoints chief legal officer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
Nikko Asset Management has appointed Ross Long to its senior management team as chief legal officer. He will be responsible for the funds management business' global legal functions. Long has been involved in the law and finance industries for nearly ...

Australian millionaire numbers surge on strong economy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Australian high net worth (HNW) market is growing faster than the global average, according to the 2013 World Wealth Report. The annual Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management report showed that the number of millionaires in Australia grew by 15.1% ...

End of QE sounds death knell for 'zombie' stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The tapering of quantitative easing (QE) will burst the bubble in high-yielding 'zombie' stocks, according to UK-based Duncan Lawrie Private Bank's James Humphreys. Stimulus measures by central banks in Europe, the US and Japan have propped up global ...

IMF to fund claims against Lehman Asia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Listed legal funding company IMF has agreed to fund claims which have been filed in the High Court of Hong Kong this week on behalf of 63 churches, councils and charities against Lehman Asia. According to an announcement on the Australian Securities ...

New Bloomberg tool a 'game changer'

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Bloomberg has unveiled a suite of tools and analytics for investor relations professionals to better manage their workflow. Bloomberg's investor relations offering centralises the information, news, research and analytics needed to monitor the markets ...

Challenger stages lifetime annuities comeback

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
Lifetime annuities could be staging a dramatic comeback with Challenger targeting sales of $240 million in the 2013 financial year. According to figures from Plan For Life, the industry has not seen demand of that size since 2004, when the top six companies ...