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UBS joins mFund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... into cost-effective asset allocation and portfolio opportunities covering an ever increasing range of asset classes and regions." As reported in Financial Standard in January, interest in mFund is increasing with advisers and accountants, who are waiting ...

Stella Network ramps up support for women in financial planning

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... announced the network's inaugural ambassadors, women who have specialist skills or are located in specific geographic regions to help the network's expansion. "We encourage members to reach out to them to expand their networks, develop their careers ...

Global appetite up, local confidence down

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... investors keen on gaining exposure in the area. The second most popular option was international funds covering multiple regions (38%, up 6% from December), but Western Europe (25%, up 8% from December) also rose sharply month-on-month.

DomaCom appoints state manager

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2015
... manager said the appointment reflects the growing interest in its new Fractional Property Investment Fund in the southern regions. Benson has more than 30 years' experience in financial services spanning superannuation, funds management, financial planning ...

Dai-ichi Life expands US, Asia Pacific presence

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
... Dai-ichi Life, Japanese parent company of Australian life insurer TAL, is expanding its operations in the US and Asia Pacific regions. It announced last week that it would be establishing regional headquarters in these regions, along with acquiring 100% ...

Aon Risk Solutions appoints exec from Allianz

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... oversight of sales and marketing. Walther said: "Aon is an organisation I have worked with extensively across multiple regions for many years and I am very excited to become part of the ARS Australia team. I am confident that together we will achieve ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... and 2050." It said the study would relate these scenarios to the risk and return characteristics of key asset classes, regions and sectors. Mercer's head of global responsible investment Jane Ambachtsheer said: "Our objective with this latest study is ...

Billionaires: How typical are you?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... of billionaires has risen 7.1% to 2,325. Cities hosting the most billionaires are scattered broadly evenly across the regions with New York home to the highest number - 103 - with Moscow (85), Hong Kong (82), London (72) and Beijing (37) and Sao Paulo ...

ANZ Swiss partnership attracts $1bn from private clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... international equities through Vontobel. Phillips said that the ANZ private wealth division manages $42 billion across six regions. The bank's cooperation agreement with Vontobel was signed in November 2013 and is valid for five years.

Wealthy investors bullish thanks to advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... to be taking expert advice, for example they are likely to be considering international managed funds covering multiple regions in their portfolio," Certitude chief executive Craig Mowll said. "When we look at the split between advised versus non-advised ...