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Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... Cameron Hume was established in 2011 by Guy Cameron and Christian Torkington and caters for large and sophisticated institutional clients. It partners with Melbourne-based AFM Investment Partners to gain exposure to the Australian and New Zealand institutional ...

ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
An investigation by ASIC has forced NAB Group advice licensees to make corrective disclosures to customers. The corporate regulator found that NAB's dealer groups failed to disclose relationships between advisers, licensees, and other members of the ...

Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital poured £45 million ($77 million) into debt issued by a UK water and sewerage company. Whitehelm finalised its investment in a junior loan issued by Kelda Finance, the first holding company of Yorkshire ...

OC Funds Management wins mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
A multi-manager appointed OC Funds Management to oversee its micro-cap strategy. Melbourne-based Alpha Fund Managers appointed OC to help deliver long-term capital growth by investing in Australian and New Zealand companies with a market capitalisation ...

Super trustees on notice over fund disclosure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
Fifteen per cent of superannuation trustees needed improvement in the disclosure of information on super fund websites according to Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC recently wrote to 21 superannuation trustees who failed to meet "Transparency Information" ...

IOOF appoints new asset consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
IOOF Investments has announced its new asset consultant to replace Russell Investments. Mercer Australia is the new asset consultant, following Russell's contract with IOOF ending on 30 June. Russell notified IOOF at the end of 2016 of its intention ...

Industry fund reduces insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
An industry super fund will reduce its insurance premiums by 6% and has pledged to lock the reductions until 2020. From 1 July 2017, Hostplus members will receive at least a 6% reduction to Death and Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) premiums. Hostplus ...

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
Australia's big four banks again warned South Australians of the impact a state-based tax would have as the South Australian Liberal opposition confirmed it will move to block the tax's implementation. In an open letter to South Australian customers ...

Fairfax nixes private equity buyout

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The two private equity firms vying for Fairfax Media have withdrawn their non-binding offers. Hellman & Friedman and the TPG Group-led investor consortium were granted access to "confidential due diligence" to determine whether a binding proposal for ...

Insurers held to account with new FSC code

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
The Financial Services Council rolled out its Life Insurance Code of Practice, along with a new set of standardised medical definitions, on July 1. The new definitions for cancer, heart attack and stroke in trauma and critical illness policies were ...