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GFC derails wealth fee growth by $30bn

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... SmartBeta products, which are alternative solutions to index trackers. Craig Hurt, AXA IM's director of Australia & New Zealand, anticipates increased interest in these solutions as the 1 July MySuper deadline draws closer. For the full version of this ...

Asset allocation shifts as EM turns strategic: MFS

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... manager' ended its alliance with BNP Paribas Investment Partners and bring the distribution of its Australian and New Zealand business in-house last year.

BFO board adds Vamos and Chronican

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... today that CEO of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Pauline Vamos and CEO of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group in Australia Philip Chronican will be joining its board. Vamos is a qualified lawyer and has over 20 years' ...

NZ Super makes key hires following Datacom investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed Michael Coomer and Brett Sutton as its representatives on the Datacom board of directors. The appointments follow the fund's recent purchase of a 35% stake in the technology services company. Coomer ...

Falling gold price a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013
... investors who are still mindful of the risks that threaten the global recovery, according to ETF Securities Australia and New Zealand head Danny Laidler. Gold is traditionally used in portfolios as a hedge against market risk because when equity prices ...

QROP advise must improve: AMP

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... pension systems that are less flexible than Australia," Singh advised. He cites transfers from Singapore, Canada or New Zealand which may not always be in the client's best interests if doing so restricts their ability to use the money. Singh said advisers ...

William Blair ramps up bid to win super fund mandates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... investment and distribution executives to Sydney to present to asset consultants and ratings houses. Head of Australia and New Zealand institutional distribution Alex Francois told Financial Standard back in November about the unique challenge off-shore ...

KiwiSaver up 36% to A$12.2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... posting annual growth of 36%, more than twice the growth rate experienced by Australian super funds. KiwiSaver is the New Zealand equivalent of Australia's superannuation guarrantee system excepting it operates through 'soft compulsion' or opt-out. Funds ...

NSW State Super appoints investment head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... investment officer at AMP Capital Investors. His responsibilities included coverage of diversified funds, Australian and New Zealand equities, fixed interest, investment strategy and economics and private equity. "We are delighted that Mark has joined ...

HESTA retains J.P. Morgan for custody services

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... change in the superannuation sector," he said in a statement. J.P. Morgan investor services boss for Australia and New Zealand Mark Kelley said that the bank's ability to help HESTA manage regulatory change was key to its decision to renew the contra ...