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Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Vanguard will launch four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
This week's top industry moves include Findex hiring a former ANZ executive, State Street and iShares boosting their sales teams and Kinetic super creating the role of head of product. - Findex appoints former ANZ exec - Findex appointed Peter Gardiner ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...

Apogee partners with CoreData to improve client experience

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
NAB-aligned licensee Apogee Financial Planning has partnered with CoreData to survey client experience across all of its advice practices, new general manager Brendan Johnson said. Speaking to Financial Standard, Johnson explained that working with ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
It was the best of times then... it became the worst of times. 'twas only three months ago, the New Zealand dollar climbed higher and higher against the Australian dollar and was widely expected to breached parity because "...the NZ dollar genuinely ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed an investment specialist in its strategic accounts and research team. Charles Stodart joins Zurich from Five Oceans Asset Management, where he was an investment analyst for Asian equities and global ...

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The biggest industry moves this week are Suncorp Life's chief executive stepping down after seven years in the position and Victorian Funds Management Corporation appointing a new chairman. Suncorp Life boss to step down - Geoff Summerhayes will step ...