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Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Nikko Asset Management Australia's fixed income team has been awarded its first Japanese institutional mandate, effective this month. The fund manager said the new partnership, which sees Nikko AM manage a tailored Australian fixed income solution for ...

State Street SHE Index aimed at capitalising on diversity

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... calendar 2015 in 10 out of 15 cases. Commenting on the research, Rainmaker SelectingSuper executive director of research Alex Dunnin said, "The research doesn't prove that super funds with high level of female influence in their leadership teams are ...

QIC equities head joins Silicon Valley firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
QIC's head of equities has left the group to join a Silicon Valley-based firm co-founded by a former QIC chief strategist. Rob Wood was head of equities at QIC from 2009 to 2015; prior to that, he was head of world equities at Suncorp. He has also held ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles. Heinrich Eder, Australasia MD since November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior ...

More Australians intend to retire later

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
The proportion of Australians intending to retire beyond age 65 is increasing rapidly. According to a research note just released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), a survey conducted in 2015 showed 71% of people said they intended to retire ...

YBR acquires News Corp platform

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Yellow Brick Road has acquired News Corp's consumer-direct investment service brightday, which runs on the OneVue platform. YBR's statement said the acquisition forms part of its digital plans which included the release of robo-advice tool Guru in 2015. ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
ASIC and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to support innovative businesses or fintechs entering each other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market ...

Extra features not always beneficial for super funds

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... (ETFs) or listed investment companies (LICs). Illustrating the extent of this, Rainmaker SelectingSuper's director research Alex Dunnin said 28% of workplace funds let members choose from a range of term deposits, 24% let members choose their own investment ...

NAB appoints ex-Genesys MD

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
NAB has appointed the new general manager of NAB Financial Planning. Tim Steele joins NAB from AMP-aligned practices Genesys and ipac, where he was managing director. He was a director of AMP's Horizons academy and created Horizons Financial Group. ...

ASIC calls out weak conflict policy in vertical business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
ASIC has called out conflict management policy in vertically-integrated funds management businesses as often being solely designed to conform to regulatory requirements. In its 'Culture, conduct and conflicts of interest in vertically integrated businesses ...