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Future Fund fills head of infra vacancy

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
The Future Fund has filled the head of infrastructure and timberland role left vacant by Dr Raphael Arndt when he was made chief investment officer in September 2014. Following a global search process, Wendy Norris has been promoted from within the ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
QIC has hired two senior infrastructure executives to lead its US and UK/European infrastructure operations. Geoff Chatas will lead the infrastructure business in North America from the firm's New York City office and Giles Tucker will lead the UK and ...

BT adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
BT Financial Group will add managed funds to its Panorama investment platform, which in the future will also offer individual equities and advanced portfolio management for advisers. BT Managed Portfolios will offer advisers and their clients a simple ...

Investment professionals depressed over future employment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
Australian investment professionals are among the most pessimistic in the world when it comes to expectations of future employment, with nearly a quarter saying that the situation is getting worse, the CFA Institute found. The 2015 Global Market Sentiment ...

China millennials dictate future of emerging-market investment

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
The rise of affluent Chinese "millennials" is driving changes in the emerging-market investment space, according to AB. China has an estimated 300 million people born between 1980 and 2000, and this generation is distinct from those previous in that ...

APRA deputy chair criticises life insurance sales culture

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
Sales culture in the life insurance industry is undermining standards of good practice, according to APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. Speaking at the Actuaries Institute's Insights Session on 3 March, Laughlin said that the industry's focus on "sales ...

AustralianSuper adds London site to property portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
AustralianSuper has bought a 25% stake in a large mixed-use property investment in London's King's Cross. The purchase is the $84 billion industry super fund's first direct London investment and only its second in the UK. AustralianSuper will join the ...

Former Future Fund chief executive takes new role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Former Future Fund chief executive Mark Burgess has been appointed chair of the advisory board of Jamieson Coote Bonds, having retired from his previous position in late 2013. JCB is an active Australian bond fund manager with a focus on Australian ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
Advice business mergers and acquisitions are set to reach unprecedented levels in 2015 thanks to regulatory certainty and an increasing demand for independent financial advice. "The shackles of poor investment markets and legislative uncertainty have ...

Tasplan Super chief executive to stand down

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015
Tasplan Super chief executive Neil Cassidy is stepping down from the role after nearly 24 years' involvement with the Tasmanian industry fund to pursue new opportunities. Cassidy was seconded from National Mutual under a two-year agreement to set up ...