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BNY Mellon strengthens insto team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
Multi-boutique asset manager BNY Mellon Investment Management is welcoming Denis Gambi as director of institutional business, Australia. Gambi will focus on the institutional, corporate, government and ultra-high net worth segments, providing investment ...

Vanguard chief says embrace robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Financial advisers need to be less concerned with business growth and more concerned with doing well for their clients. That is a key message shared by Vanguard chief executive Bill McNabb at the 2017 SMSF Association National Conference, telling delegates ...

PM Capital expands distribution team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Equities and fixed interest manager PM Capital is welcoming a new sales director to its distribution team. Joining PM Capital is Rebecca Morgan. She will be based in Melbourne and be responsible for sales in Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Zurich Financial Services has boosted the size of its life risk sales team with a key promotion and eleven appointments across the country. Nathan Taggart has been promoted to the role of head of strategic development and joins the distribution leadership ...

A rate rise on the ides of March?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
"Beware the ides of March". This quote had always been imbued with a sense of foreboding because this day marked the assassination of Julius Caesar back in 44 BC. It shouldn't be for the "ides" was just the fancy way Romans termed the 15th day of March ...

Long-serving Platinum portfolio manager departs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
A portfolio manager at Platinum Asset Management will step down from his role after 15 years with the firm. Simon Trevett joined Platinum in 2002 and currently co-manages the Platinum International Brands Fund with Jamie Halse, who will now take on ...

Ignition Wealth launches goals-based investing

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
Ignition Wealth will launch a goals-based investment offering. The company, which received financial backing from planning pioneer Barry Lambert last year, has appointed SiResearch to provide adaptive asset allocation built around goals which have a ...

Challenger hails major retirement partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
... profit after tax was down 13% to $202 million, although the group attributed this to 1H16 profit being higher due to the sale of Kapstream Capital. Challenger is optimistic that growth in annuity sales will continue, largely due to its recent partnership ...

Vehicle sales hit the roadblock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2017
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) reported that total vehicle sales grew by a mere 0.2% in the year to January - the slowest since February last year. This compares with annual growth rates of 9.5% in December and 16.6 in November. ...

Industry giant retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... financial planning firms. The Commonwealth Bank bought Count in 2011, paying $373 million, and kept Lambert on as chairman. That sale landed him a spot on the BRW Rich 200, where he was ranked the 156th wealthiest Australian in 2015. Lambert was elected ...