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PIMCO names new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
PIMCO has named its new chief executive officer and at the same time appointed a portfolio manager and a US economist. Emmanuel (Manny) Roman will commence the role on 1 November, with current PIMCO chief executive Douglas Hodge to assume a new role ...

Industry fund appoints new CSO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
A risk executive manager from Colonial First State will join an industry superannuation fund as its chief strategy officer later this month. Joining Mine Wealth + Wellbeing from 25 July is Vasyl Nair. He will lead a new corporate strategy and be responsible ...

Equities manager selects NAS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Australia's largest custodian has been selected to provide its services to an Australian equities manager. NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) will provide custodial and administrative services to Perennial Value Management, an active and value-style manager ...

Statewide Super and Financial Synergy announce new partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Superannuation administrator and software provider Financial Synergy has created a new managed services division, signing industry fund Statewide Super as its first client. The new division allows Financial Synergy to launch its software-as-a-service ...

Former CFP GM joins industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) general manager Harry Mitchell has signed on as an industry superannuation fund chief executive, joining Mine Wealth + Wellbeing from May. Mitchell led CFP for three-and-a-half years and entered the position ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Western Asset Management believes 2016 will be a positive year for credit investors because it is a compelling investment in the current economic climate. The global fixed income manager's deputy chief investment officer, Michael Buchanan, said in a ...

Parametric announces LGIAsuper mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Global investment manager Parametric has announced a second industry superannuation fund will use the firm's centralised portfolio management (CPM) strategy for Australian and international equities. Queensland local government super fund LGIAsuper ...

Perpetual appoints new responsible entity chief

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
Perpetual Corporate Trust has appointed a new head of responsible entity services. Hugh Treweeke joins Perpetual from State Street, where he was vice president client relationship manager. Prior to that, he held senior roles at Wellington International ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The latest move in to big data analytics by superannuation software provider Financial Synergy is being touted as one that will help transform the industry in Australia. The firm announced a partnership with NASDAQ-listed software company OpenText yesterday ...

Pillar layoffs unrelated to privatisation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Pillar Administration has denied that calls for voluntary redundancies are related to the upcoming sale of the company. In fact, Pillar chief executive Peter Brook explained, the superannuation administrator had been planning to reduce employees since ...