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Five minutes of sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australian business confidence surges in December but confidence is unmoved. This is the message from the NAB monthly business survey. The business confidence jumped to a reading of 11 in December from 6 in the previous month. The first double-digit ...

Henderson targets Queensland with appointment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Independent asset manager Henderson Global Investors is expanding its distribution team in Australia with the appointment of a sales director to its newly opened Brisbane office. The appointment is a nod to Queensland as one of the company's largest ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
1. AustralianSuper merges investment options In January AustralianSuper closed three investment options and replaced them with two as part of a streamlining process aiming to keep costs low and refocus the fund's investment efforts. The industry super ...

QIC renews custody mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Northern Trust will serve as custodian for QIC's Australian business for another seven year term. The re-appointment comes five years since Northern Trust began providing asset services for the fund manager in November 2011. The firm also acts as global ...

NAB exec joins Metlife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
An executive at NAB Asset Management has taken on a new role with MetLife. Allyson Carlile, previously head of people for NAB AM, has been appointed as head of people and culture for MetLife's Australian business. In addition to her role at NAB, Carlile ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Australia AiG performance of services It wasn't as sharp as the 3.3 point increase in the manufacturing index to 54.2 in November, but the AiG performance of services index's 0.6 point rise to 51.1 continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen ...

AMP advice chief departs in executive restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
AMP has restructured its senior leadership team as part of its long-term growth plan, making multiple new appointments and seeing off three senior executives. As a result of the changes, AMP's group executive, advice and banking Rob Caprioli will depart. ...

Dimensional hires BNP super boss

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Global asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed a new regional director. Angus Carson joins Dimensional from BNP Paribas, where he was head of superannuation and government institutions. In that role, he liaised with external managers including ...

Investors expect gender diversity: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
New research from CFA Societies Australia finds more than 50% of individual investors would prefer to work with a team of gender diverse investment professionals. CFA Societies Australia, a member society of CFA Institute, is calling on financial services ...

Vanguard execs head to US

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
Two of Vanguard Australia's senior leaders have been appointed to new roles at the company's US headquarters. Head of distribution Michael Lovett will lead the company's US Registered Investment Adviser distribution channel. Lovett originally joined ...