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CFS to distribute Sanlam funds in Australia

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015

Colonial First State has partnered with South African asset manager Sanlam Group to distribute Sanlam's Managed Risk Funds in Australia. According to CFS general manager product and investments Peter Chun, Sanlam's Managed Risk strategy pivots on reducing ...

Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 20 APR 2015

... only on advisers and demanded that insurers improve product design. Synchron noted that in the United Kingdom and in South Africa, "companies acted to eliminate churn (which in turn eliminates the alleged nexus between high upfront commission and bad ...

Floating in money

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 13 APR 2015

... optimistic: The WEO forecasts overestimated output and underestimated inflation. The WEO forecasts for real GDP growth for Africa and inflation for the Western Hemisphere demonstrate this bias most clearly." I'm in no way poo-poohing the IMF for its ...

Nikko partners geopolitical risk specialist

MARK SMITH | FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015

... actionable information." Eurasia Group's team of more than 60 analysts provide political analysis on 100+ countries covering Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Investment products serving both institutional ...

PROFILE: HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015

... Melbourne has lots of immigrants and great, multicultural suburbs," she says, comparing it to the quiet suburb in Durban, South Africa, where she spent most of her childhood and early years of her adult life. A computer programmer by trade, Blakey first ...

Mercer announces internal promotions

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015

... Portalatin announced that David Anderson will take the growth markets role, overseeing Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Africa. Walsh will succeed Anderson in the managing director role. Commenting on the announcement, Mercer president EuroPac region ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015

... delegation of China in the negotiations. Spain and Sweden have the intention to apply. Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Taiwan, and Ukraine are under consideration of joining the AIIB. The United States and Japan have remained skeptical ...

Investec acquires $38.9m Sydney office building

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015

Investec Australia Property Fund has acquired a $38.9 million office building in Norwest Business Park in Baulkham Hills. The acquisition is the fund's first in New South Wales and brings the value of the fund's total portfolio to $328 million. The ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015

... visited and conducted research in over 13 emerging market countries since 2011, including Mexico, Peru, Chile, West and South Africa, India, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and China. "Our grassroots research involves visiting emerging-market countries ...

PROFILE: NAB head of wealth Andrew Hagger

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015

... was working as a physiotherapist, joined him in this first adventure. "On our way back, we backpacked through Europe and Africa. We went to Paris, Vienna, Rome... and when we got to Nairobi we decided to stay and work there," he says. Hagger and his ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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