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IQ Group appoints principal consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultancy IQ Group has appointed a principal consultant. Previously a senior consultant at the firm, Craig Barrie joined in 2010 having been a project manager at Catholic Church Insurances prior to that. He has ...

Industry fund backs US toll road

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... of focus this week with reports that MTAA Super's 2015 return of 9.5% for its MyAuto Super fund was largely put down to a sale of Moto Hospitality, a chain of service stations in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile Canadian pension funds have flagged their ...

BGL joins DomaCom in fight for Kidman

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... properties. S. Kidman and Company came to market several months ago and was acquired by Chinese interests in October. But the sale was blocked by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). As DomaCom is only interested in the land, an operator is being ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Vanguard, the world's largest provider of index funds, has notched up its fourth successive year of record inflows with US$256 billion ($372 billion) coming through its doors in 2015. The figure represents a 5.3% increase on the previous year's inflows. ...

Nikko AM selects new reporting tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
Nikko Asset Management has appointed a new software supplier for its global reporting requirements and plans to roll out the solution company wide, including in Australia and New Zealand. Vermilion Software announced its appointment with Nikko AM on ...

Risk sales plunge in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
Annual sales in the risk market dropped by 23.7% in the year to September 2015, according to Plan for Life research. Plan for Life's consolidated report on both group and individual risk lump sum and income insurance inflows revealed that while some ...

Fidante makes key sales appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
Challenger's boutique fund manager, Fidante Partners, has appointed three new senior sales professionals. Nick Hamilton joins Fidante as head of product and marketing, reporting to Fidante general manager Cathy Hales. Previously he held roles at Invesco ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Happy New Year to all you gentle readers!... and it looks like we'd be needing more well-wishes of "A Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Active equity manager Martin Currie has now received the necessary approvals to complete its acquisition of the assets and investment management team of London-based long/short Japanese equity boutique, PK Investment Management. Once the deal is completed ...

Pillar layoffs unrelated to privatisation

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
Pillar Administration has denied that calls for voluntary redundancies are related to the upcoming sale of the company. In fact, Pillar chief executive Peter Brook explained, the superannuation administrator had been planning to reduce employees since ...