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IAG appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
IAG has appointed the former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Australia as its new chair. Elizabeth Bryan has been a director of IAG since December 2014 and became deputy chair in June 2015. She is also the chair of Virgin Australia and ...

Parametric launches liquid alternative strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
... management more than doubling over the last three years from $4.5 billion at the end of 2012 to nearly $10 billion at the close of 2015. "Our research and experience have shown that employing a disciplined, long-term approach can successfully generate ...

More negatives

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... numbers - along with the recent strengthening in the Japanese yen - suggest it's now necessary (or at least, very, very close to it). The yen has risen from last year's low of Â¥125.63 per US$ to Â¥114.43 overnight. The hope is that a bigger negative ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Equity Trustees creates senior philanthropy role

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... roles. At Equity Trustees, she will report to general manager, philanthropy, Tabitha Lovett, who said that Pritchard "has close to 20 years research and evaluation experience, including 10 years in international development and four years in the community ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has updated its investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which manages about US$804 billion, recently released its ...

GBST extends $8bn IFA partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
GBST has extended its managed services agreement with an $8 billion independent financial advice firm. As a result, Baillieu Holst will continue using GBST's Shares equities settlement platform and Front Office service for its over 50,000 advice and ...

Link to replace Veda in ASX200

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... whereby the company will be acquired by Equifax. S&P Dow Jones Indices will remove Veda Group Limited ASX 200 after the close of trading on February 11, 2016. Veda Group Limited will be replaced by Link Administration Holdings Limited in the S&P/ASX ...

Former QIC multi-asset head departs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Institutional investment manager QIC announced the former head of its global multi-asset (GMA) team is departing to a major Middle Eastern investment fund. QIC recently announced the resignation of Adriaan Ryder, who most recently was focused on strategic ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Have financial markets stumbled on the one catalyst that could herald the beginning of the end... the end of the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled ...