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Prime Value recruits former super fund chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... Responsible Investment. Murphy is currently a director and secretary of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia and chair of its Impact Investment Forum. Commenting on his appointment, Murphy said Prime Value is sharpening its institutional ...

K2 posts losses, signs on distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... will distribute K2's funds. The company specialises in introducing boutiques to wholesale institutional investors in Australasia. The distribution agreement comes at a time when K2's six funds performed poorly in the second half of 2018, wiping $8 million ...

Ferrari restructures AMP wealth leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... to Resolution Life. Beer will then link with Resolution as chief executive of AMP Life and head of Resolution's Australasia region. AMP said it would continue to benefit from Beer's leadership role at Resolution, given it retains an interest ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... data suggests responsible investment is here to stay, building on analysis by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia that showed ethical investing quadrupled in the three years to 2017. A subsequent report from the group in 2018 showed 55.5% ...

Former AMP senior manager joins platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
... implementation at AMP. She has also served as an executive strategist, consultant and was once operations manager for Australasia at the group. She is the founder and chief executive of Quadrant 2 Consulting and has worked with clients including NABtrade ...

Andrew Boal departs Willis Towers Watson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... named to replace Boal, with his current role of head of corporate risk and broking to be merged with that of head of Australasia, effective immediately. Boal had been in the role since September 2016, prior to which he served as managing director of ...

Spriggy wins 2018 Best Fintech Startup Award: StartCon

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
A fintech business aimed at helping children develop good money habits won a major award at the 2018 Australasian Startup Awards. Spriggy was set up in 2015 by founders Alex Badran and Mario Hasanakos. Their main product is a pre-paid debit card for ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... integration of their application programming interfaces (APIs) and deep data coverage of Australian markets." Morningstar Australasia head of product and client solutions Graham Dixon said: "We're thrilled to be collaborating with UBS, enabling more ...

Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... (FPA); Association of Financial Advisers (AFA); Boutique Financial Planners (BFP); Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA); Self-Managed Super Fund Association (SMSF Association); and Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA). ...

Responsible investment guide launched

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
A global manager has partnered with the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia to launch a guide to responsible investing for financial advisers as demand for the strategies swells. AXA Investment Managers worked with Responsible Investment ...