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Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... in Australia to focus on adviser relations. Joshua Persky joins as sales strategist for model portfolios and solutions and Alex Zaika will be director of wealth advisory sales strategist. - State Street appoints to managed fund sales team A - State Street ...

Zurich expands life risk team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Zurich has appointed four business development managers to its life risk team. Amy Aleksic and Matt McDonnell join the New South Wales team, having both formerly held other senior positions at Zurich. Commenting on their appointments, Zurich Life and ...

Xero inking partnership for real-time PI insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Cloud-based accounting software company Xero is in talks with an insurer to provide data feeds to facilitate real-time professional indemnity insurance cover. Speaking to Financial Standard, Xero managing director Chris Ridd said that the real-time ...

BlackRock boosts iShares sales team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... and construction, security valuation, market structure, trading and execution," head of iShares Australia Jon Howie said. Alex Zaika joins iShares from Barclays Capital, where he was a sales manager focusing on investor solutions. He will be director ...

NAB's Redpoint wins industry fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
NAB partner Redpoint Investment Management has been awarded a mandate with an industry super fund. Intrust Super chief executive Brendan O'Farrell said the new relationship with Redpoint will be "central to the ongoing success of our investment strategy. ...

GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Wealth management and capital markets software provider GBST has posted its full-year results for FY2015, showing a 52% boost in net profit to $15.3 million. Revenue in subsidiary GBST Wealth Management, which provides the Composer funds administration ...

Findex appoints former ANZ exec

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Findex has appointed a new global head of business development. Peter Gardiner joins the advice group from ANZ, where he was head of origination, corporate bank. Commenting on the appointment, Findex chief executive Spiro Paule said, "Peter has deep ...

Telstra Super replaces NAS with J.P. Morgan as custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with J.P. Morgan Investor Services as master custodian and investment reporting services provider. Explaining the change, Telstra Super head of investment operations Miles Mallick said, "We were impressed ...

Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
More advice practices are looking to depart institutionally-aligned dealer groups and join independent licensees, according to Centrepoint Alliance. As Centrepoint managing director John de Zwart put it in a statement, "The days of adviser practices ...

Divestment could reach $50bn in five years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Divestment out of companies that are heavily involved in carbon intensive activities could reach $50 billion over the next five years. Fiona Reynolds, managing director of the global investor group, Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI), stated ...