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Bond king left midnight resignation letter

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Bill Gross's 43-year career with PIMCO ended with a handwritten resignation note left "in the middle of the night," according to a new court filing from the fixed income giant. The 'bond king', as he is known, left PIMCO's Newport Beach office for the ...

Hunter Hall appoints non-executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Listed fund manager Hunter Hall International has appointed an independent non-executive director. Taking on the role is David Groves, who is a member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company ...

Lazard lowers minimum investments on two funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
Lazard Asset Management has lowered the minimum investments for two of its funds. Investors can now get access to the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund and the Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure Fund for an initial outlay of $20,000. The move brings ...

FTSE Russell creates new China index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

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 ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

Perpetual retains RBC Investor & Treasury Services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Perpetual has retained RBC Investor & Treasury Services as its custodian and administrator. The Royal Bank of Canada subsidiary will continue to provide custody and administration services, as well as unit pricing, fund accounting, tax and foreign exchange ...

Planners turning to annuities and outcome funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Financial planners are increasingly turning away from cash and term deposits for their retirement clients while annuities and outcome-orientated funds are becoming more popular destinations for new client money instead, according to the latest retirement ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
SMSFs appear to be gaining more traction with younger people with the latest data from the ATO showing 43% of new SMSFs are established by members younger than 45, whilst 25% of new funds are set up by members older than 55 as they approach retirement. ...

Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... Asset Management has appointed an investment manager from a UK firm to a newly-created head of research role. Hugh Selby-Smith joins the firm's Melbourne office from London-based Omni Partners, where he was responsible for a pan-European strategy. He ...