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Fund managers reshuffle board for $413bn merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
... also join the board as co-chief executives. Current Henderson directors Roger Thompson, Philip Wagstaff, Timothy How and Robert Jeens will resign from their board positions, but Thompson and Wagstaff will continue on in the combined entity as chief financial ...

Ohanessian challenges Praemium board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... have requested a general meeting of shareholders to discuss replacing current board members Andre Carstens, Peter Mahler, Robert Edgley and Greg Camm and any person appointed as a director from 14 March 2017. The investors requesting the meeting also ...

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Findex has awarded the mandate for its managed discretionary Australian core equity portfolios to an active equities manager. Following a rigorous review program by the Findex investment team, Altair Asset Management secured the contract, having first ...

Bankwest MD takes interim role at Praemium

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... chief executive will take the reins at Praemium on an interim basis following Michael Ohanessian's termination in February. Robert De Luca joins Praemium from Bankwest, where he was managing director from 2012 to 2017. Before that he was executive general ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Superannuation industry groups are warning the federal government to keep Australia's $2 trillion retirement savings system away from addressing the nation's housing affordability problems. Earlier this week Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the ...

Copia boutique wins micro-cap mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Partners boutique won a $27 million micro-cap investment mandate. OC Funds Management, founded in 2000 by head of investments Robert Frost, will manage a micro-cap portfolio for Contango MicroCap. Contango said OCFM was selected after an "extensive process ...

Zurich grows life risk distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2017
Zurich Financial Services has boosted the size of its life risk sales team with a key promotion and eleven appointments across the country. Nathan Taggart has been promoted to the role of head of strategic development and joins the distribution leadership ...

DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... netwealth. "The firm is very pleased to see the take-up of the fund by advisers and investors," DNR Capital chief executive Robert White said. "We launched the fund to provide access to our investment capabilities to a broader group of investors and ...

Lazard hires former Bennelong CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... Paul brings outstanding investment, relationship and product development credentials to the firm," Lazard chief executive Robert Prugue said. "His expertise in the Australian investment industry will enhance our ability to continue to deliver comprehensive ...

CFM trust rated by Zenith

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The CFM ISDiversified Trust is 'Recommended' by Zenith, crowning a strong 2016 for the investment manager. The fund, which is distributed in Australia by Winston Capital, is designed to provide investors with a diversified portfolio of recognised and ...