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Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
Raiz Invest received the green light to distribute products across south-east Asia. The ASX-listed firm announced it secured a licence to distribute mutual funds via subsidiary PT Raiz Invest Indonesia. Managing director George Lucas said Raiz has progressed ...

Chief economist update: The winter of Australia's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
It would be the winter of Australia's agriculture sector if Rabobank's 'Winter Crop Production Outlook' report is any guide. The specialist agribusiness bank predicts that the country's national harvest would drop by 23% in the 2018/19 ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... for designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's investors, across Europe, Middle East Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific region. Sturkenboom will report to Northern Trust's chief investment strategist Jim McDonald. ...

OPEC is not to blame

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... gone up by 21.8% and WTI oil by 19.3%. Recall that a few days before Trump tweeted: "We protect the countries of the Middle East, they would not be safe for very long without us, and yet they continue to push for higher and higher oil prices! We will ...

Family office invests in absolute return fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... insurance, and capital funding and commercial loans to high-net-worth (HNW) executives, professionals and entrepreneurs in south-east Asia. It is an independent financial advisory company and was incorporated this year. The investment takes the fund's ...

Easton buys SMSF service provider

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
Easton Investments has acquired a company which authorises accountants to provide SMSF advice services. The SMSF Expert has a limited AFSL and runs a subscription-based model, providing dealer services including compliance, training, technical support ...

Big-spending retirees live in Melbourne: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
... spending retirees, Milliman analysis shows. Retirees living in the wealthy enclaves of Armadale, Prahran, Windsor, South Yarra East and Toorak or Stonnington West spend $56,711 per year - two-thirds more than the national average of $33,943. Meanwhile ...

AMP names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... of speculation. Francesco De Ferrari will take the helm from 1 December 2018. He was most recently chief executive, South East Asia and Frontier Markets at Credit Suisse, as well as head of private banking APAC. De Ferrari will succeed acting chief executive ...

T. Rowe Price names new APAC distribution head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... will commence in the role on 1 January 2019. Trueman replaces Keller who was recently named head of GIMS for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Trueman has been with T. Rowe Price for 11 years, having previously held roles with AXA Rosenberg Investment ...