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Nikko AM names new distribution head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... investment giant's head of national key accounts and research. Prior to joining Blackrock, he spent six years in business development and research at Colonial First State. In his new role Bluzmanis will report directly to Nikko AM managing director Sam ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... (RBA) will cut interest rates again. RBA governor Philip Lowe told us so when he addressed the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide on June 20. Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare Capacity', Lowe left ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Parametric bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... role, saying: "Gwen's experience in evolving investment stewardship programs, driving responsible investment policy development and understanding how to effectively engage with directors and executives on important issues will be invaluable to Parametric ...

Self-licensing trend boosts ClearView offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... and we trusted his expertise." LaVista will assist Macaplan in handling compliance and adviser training - including development, onboarding and induction. LaVista also assists businesses with the AFSL application process. Pope added: "Managing your own ...

IOOF names new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... over a number of years in leading IOOF through a series of forward thinking, strategic initiatives. These include the development of our advice-led strategy; the introduction of our ClientFirst transformation, which began in 2015; and establishing our ...

Franklin Templeton names institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... years at AMP, working as a national key account manager and head of retail business. Before that, he was in business development roles at Vanguard Investments Australia and Citi. This story was updated on June 26.

OpenMarkets launches trading platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... mobile app is available on Apple and Android. OpenMarkets chief executive Andrea Marani said: "This is a significant development for OpenMarkets and we've already received a very positive response from clients." The decision to develop a new trading ...

AMP loses mandate to AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
AMP has lost a workplace superannuation fund contract to AustralianSuper. Australia Post has selected AustralianSuper as its new default super fund provider following pressure from the Communications Workers Union (CWU), the representative of postal ...

Chief economist update: Fed plans for Trump contingency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The Fed's decision to maintain current policy settings at the conclusion of last night's FOMC meeting doesn't make for much except for self-congratulations and back-patting. What matters more is the forward guidance implicit in the FOMC ...