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PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...

Frontier Advisors appoints former Mercer principal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Frontier Advisors has attracted a former Mercer principal as a senior consultant amid plans to increase the independent firm's retirement solutions advice. Joining Frontier Advisors and leading its Retirement Solutions Group from 19 October will be ...

AB fund receives Lonsec rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
AllianceBernstein (AB) has received a rating from Lonsec for its Global Equities Fund. Made available to Australian investors in July, the fund was recognised by Lonsec for delivering excess returns to clients for over 10 years. According to AB's statement ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Magellan appoints infra head from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
Magellan has appointed a new head of infrastructure relationships. Adrian Amores joins the firm from AMP Capital, where he was head of sales strategies for institutional capabilities across absolute return, private and public markets. Prior to that ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

Adviser Ratings reaches 4,000 planners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Consumer-driven adviser review website Adviser Ratings has attracted 4,000 planners to manage and maintain their profiles. Adviser Ratings contains a register of 20,000 financial planners, but advisers can elect to "populate their profiles on Adviser ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
Like the energizer bunny, China keeps on going and going... and going. Certainly, concerns are mounting over the Middle Kingdom's slowing economy in recent months but even the IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- released 6 October -- ...

Findex hires head of risk from Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Findex has appointed a former Macquarie executive lead its commission-free risk business and build the corporate benefits consulting arm. As head of risk and corporate benefits, Patrick Dieter will also be responsible for reviewing and growing the company's ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
After a search that spanned both Australia and the world, Statewide Super has appointed a National Australia Bank (NAB) general manager as its new chief executive. NAB general manager strategic development Asia, Richard Nunn, will leave the bank in ...