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Centuria reports 6.6% growth in net assets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Centuria Capital has released its results for the half-year to 31 December 2014 and declared a 6.6% growth in net assets and an interim fully-franked dividend of 2c, to be paid on 26 March. Strategic goals reached during the period include Centuria's ...

Insurers grow market share at cost of profits

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The market share consolidation of Australia's four biggest wholesale insurers (TAL, AIA Australia, CommInsure and Metlife) is offset by declining profits in the long-term, according to Rice Warner's Wholesale Risk Insurance Report. The "big four" group ...

FIIG Securities appoints head of institutional markets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
FIIG Securities has appointed a former RBC Capital Markets executive to the new role of head of institutional markets. John Cummins will be responsible for the development of FIIG Securities' institutional markets division, expanding its focus on corporate ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
The term 'managed account' in Australia is usually associated with retail investment but one global technology and investment administration group has been using the structure to more efficiently manage institutional alternatives investments. Bruce ...

MLC fund is Roy Morgan retail super fund of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
MLC-owned Plum has been named retail super fund of the year by participants in Roy Morgan's customer satisfaction awards. Given the same award last year, Plum is MLC's main corporate super provider. "This award is testament to our commitment to delivering ...

Franklin Templeton recruits Towers Watson consultant

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Franklin Templeton Solutions has appointed a solutions portfolio manager from Towers Watson. Felicity Walsh was previously part of Towers Watson's investment consulting team in Sydney and its actuarial consulting team in the UK, Walsh will report to ...

Standard Life appoints infrastructure debt director, analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2015
Standard Life Investments has further expanded its Infrastructure Debt team with two senior appointments. Alex Campbell has been appointed investment director for infrastructure debt and Marianne Froude has become investment analyst for the infrastructure ...

Zenith rates Mercer LifetimePlus

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Zenith has given Mercer's longevity risk protection product, Mercer LifetimePlus (MLP), an APPROVED rating. MLP is geared towards super funds looking to provide longevity solutions to members, and is accessible to members with account-based pensions. ...

Grant Thornton appoints former KPMG principal

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Accounting and financial advice group Grant Thornton has recruited Madeleine Mattera as national head of financial services and an audit and advisory partner. In her new role, Mattera will oversee Grant Thornton's financial services capabilities. Mattera ...

Macquarie Funds Group rebrands, increases FUM by $30 billion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Australia's biggest global asset manager, Macquarie Funds Group, has rebranded as Macquarie Asset Management and increased its funds under management (FUM) by $30 billion in the three months to 31 December 2014, as reported in the Macquarie Group 2015 ...