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Bfinance hires director for APAC expansion

ALEX BURKE | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016

Institutional investment consultant bfinance has appointed a director for its first Asia-Pacific office in Sydney. Frithjof van Zyp joins bfinance from institutional investment data firm eVestment, where he was head of data services. Prior to that ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016

T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016

Both the Australasia managing director and the chief executive of Munich Re have announced they will step down from their roles. Heinrich Eder, Australasia MD since November 2005, was previously general manager non-life at Munich Re Australasia. Prior ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016

... 43.1% of indigenous Australians are fully or severely financially excluded, and the foundation was working extremely hard to close that gap. However the gap in some areas is increasing. The chief executive explained that the gap between indigenous and ...

UniSuper appoints employer relationships manager

KERRIE SYDEE | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016

... UniSuper's purpose," McCartney said. Stockton commented she was excited to be joining UniSuper and the organisation has "enviably close relationships with its university partners and related bodies." "And these relationships enable the delivery of first ...

Platforms rise by $51.4bn in 2015

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016

... from an administrator point of view, wraps are even more concentrated with BT ($102.7 billion) alone being responsible for close to 37% of the wrap total. Platforms now account for 43.8% of the masterfunds market, at $294.6 billion FUM. This also increased ...

J.P. Morgan wins in $5bn NZ custody review

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016

J.P. Morgan has been re-selected by Annuitas for custody over the roughly $5 billion in assets in New Zealand's National Provident and Government Superannuation Funds. Annuitas was established in 2001 as a joint venture between the two funds and provides ...

Further fintech reform on cards

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016

The federal government has signaled intentions for further fintech reforms, especially around crowd-funding, in a bid to rapidly expand a sector which is "transforming our financial system." Releasing the government's fintech statement yesterday, Treasurer ...

July 1 will end the "amateur" SMSF era

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016

... whether the self-managed model is as cost-effective as they thought. "The era of the amateur DIY SMSF is rapidly coming to a close as the sheer size of SMSFs as a percentage of Australia's pool of retirement savings demanded a professional approach to ...

Berkshire-owned Gen Re to close Melbourne office

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016

Berkshire Hathaway Insurance's Gen Re will close its Melbourne office and several other operations as part of a global property and casualty business restructure. Gen Re's statement said that "smaller" business operations - including the Melbourne office ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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