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Evergreen appoints asset committee members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Family office and advice-focused boutique investment consultancy Evergreen Consultants has finalised its asset allocation committee. The committee members are Evergreen co-founder Angela Ahston, former Fiji Provident Fund chief investment officer Tom ...

Fordham sets sight on growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Perpetual's Fordham Business Advisors has appointed six new partners, including one internal appointment. Five new partners will join Fordham in New South Wales: Darren Hill, Stephen Waite, Stuart Le Cornu, Jennifer Nairne and Michael Doughty. Neil ...

PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
PIMCO has hired a senior vice president and credit research analyst covering real estate. Frank Chen is based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. ...

New state manager for Synchron

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... the role of business develop manager. Vas has over 10 years' experience in investments and insurance, having held roles with TAL and Aviva Australia. Porter has been with Synchron for 15 years and held the role of Queensland state manager since 2009. ...

CBA's wealth head moves to new EGM role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
CBA has appointed a new executive general manager, Commonwealth Private. Marianne Perkovic was previously executive general manager advice, overseeing CBA's aligned advice businesses. She joined CBA in 2010 as general manager distribution for Colonial ...

ASFA appoints interim CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... selection process to replace Pauline Vamos. Overseeing ASFA in an interim chief executive role from 16 July will be former TAL Insurance chief executive Jim Minto. He was the previous ASFA chair before the appointment of Michael Easson. "The board intends ...

Group market weakness hurts 12-month risk figures

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... for March were up 6.2%, a 16.7% fall in group risk sales leaves the majors down for the 12-month period. Risk market leader TAL (149.2%) reported a very large jump in sales, again the increase was mainly concentrated in group business. Otherwise only ...

Altius to be acquired by Canadian firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
North American employee-owned investment services firm, Pavilion Financial intends to acquire Altius Holdings, the parent company of Altius Associates, a global private markets advisory and separate account management firm servicing clients across Europe ...

CalPERS increasing emerging manager exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds is aiming to have US$11 billion ($15 billion) dedicated to emerging and transition investment managers by 2020. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) told the Global Entrepreneurship Summit ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
UK credit rating The Brexit fallout continues. Credit-rating agencies Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings have downgraded the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered the UK's credit rating by two notches, from 'AAA' to 'AA' ...