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Citi builds pension team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Citi has appointed a new vice president for its transition and pension services team. Stuart Zanchi has held positions at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and most recently at NSW Treasury Corporation. At Citi, he will manage multi-asset class ...

Argo lodges infrastructure LIC prospectus

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
Argo Investments has lodged a prospectus for Argo Global Listed Infrastructure with ASIC. As reported in Financial Standard in April, AGLI will invest in a diversified global listed infrastructure securities and infrastructure fixed-income securities ...

SEC and FINRA issue robo warning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has issued a warning to investors regarding what it calls 'automated investment tools,' a group of web-based tools that include robo-advisers. The warning, prepared by the SEC's Office of Investor Education ...

Falling rates turn Aussie bonds into "a poor choice"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Currency risk makes Australian government bonds "a relatively poor choice" for international investors despite their stellar AAA rating, according to Nikko Asset Management head of fixed income in Australia James Alexander. Alexander explained that ...

ACSA appoints NAB manager as chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) has appointed a new chair. NAB Asset Servicing (NAS) general manager of client delivery David Knights will take the ACSA position, effective immediately, in addition to maintaining his role at NAB. ...

Too many adviser associations: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) argued that there should be a single adviser association. Noting its "concerns" about multiple associations, ASFA said in a submission to Treasury that the current situation creates "unnecessary ...

BAM appoints non-executive chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Global equities manager Bell Asset Management has appointed a new non-executive chair to its board. Christine Feldmanis was most recently managing director at Treasury Group Investment Services, and was CFO and senior client services manager at NSW ...

Asian equities on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Regulatory, economic and technology-related changes are making Asian equities more appealing to investment managers this year, according to T. Rowe Price portfolio manager, Asia ex-Japan equity fund Anh Lu. Speaking at the T. Rowe Price equities discussion ...

Midwinter unveils digital advice platform

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Software provider Midwinter has revealed its "holistic" digital advice solution, with the company insisting it's not 'robo advice'. Based on the company's AdviceOS software, the platform will enable clients of AFSLs to self-process simple scaled advice ...

Suncorp advice exec goes to Equipsuper

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Equipsuper has appointed a Suncorp and QIC veteran to the role of executive officer, liability management. Troy Rieck has held numerous positions at Suncorp, including portfolio manager, actuarial analyst and most recently executive manager, investment ...