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YBR selling off accounting business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... services for not less than $290,000 per annum." YBR executive chair Mark Bouris explained: "We had already flagged the potential sale of this business in our 30 June 2016 annual report via its classification as an asset being held for sale. "The strategic ...

Zurich vet joins SuiteBox

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Zurich's former head of sales strategies life and investments has taken up a new role at subscription-based mobile office software provider SuiteBox. Andy Marshall, who worked with Zurich - initially as a regional sales manager - from 2012 to September ...

Westpac alters incentive structure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has announced changes to employee incentives, including the removal of all product related incentives. In a speech to the Australia Israel Chamber of Commerce in Melbourne, Hartzer revealed Westpac will be removing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute leading index of economic activity showed no growth (0%) in August, decelerating from 0.08% in the previous month but the six-month annualised growth rate - indicating the "pace of economic activity ...

PM Capital hires two from BTIM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Equities and fixed interest manager PM Capital has appointed a new head of distribution and head of marketing from BT Investment Management. Head of distribution Lachlan Cameron is responsible for the distribution of PM Capital's investment funds to ...

Engage tech, engage clients: report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Asset managers need to prioritise their digital and social media presences as a means of improving client engagement. According to a report published by global research house Cerulli Associates, titled 'European Marketing and Sales Organisations 2016 ...

Food-related sector appetising for investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... corporations who have acquired or merged with competing firms. Since the commercialization of transgenic crops in the mid-1990s the sale of seeds has been dominated by BASF, Monsanto, DowDuPont Agri, Syngenta/ChemChina and Limagrain. "Abundant are positioning ...

TH Real Estate launches US Cities fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
TH Real Estate has launched its new US Cities Fund series, a re-launch of the TIAA CREF Core Property Fund that aims to provide investors with customised sector allocations. The US Cities Fund focuses on investments in retail, office, industrial and ...

Centrepoint establishes adviser transition program

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
Centrepoint Alliance has launched a transition program to assist experienced financial advisers launch their own advice businesses. Centrepoint, one of Australia's leading networks of non-aligned advisers, is looking to partner with experienced salaried ...

State Street partners with blockchain startup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... ownership. BNP Paribas said it is delighted to be answering the French government's call to make use of distributed ledgers in the sale of minibonds via crowdfunding platforms. "Blockchain technology is particularly suited to the fundraising needs of ...