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Legg Mason launches macro bond fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... investors searching for fixed income exposure but concerned about the limitations of traditional bond funds. The Legg Mason Western Asset Macro Opportunities Bond Fund takes flexible, diversified positions that can include negative duration as a strong ...

Elders appoints joint state manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Elders Financial Planning has appointed a new practice manager for South Australia and Western Australia. Allan Ward will commence the role with Elders on 19 September and will be based in Adelaide, bringing with him extensive experience in financial ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... fund has invested in agriculture and farmland since the mid-2000s. The fund currently has about 110,000 hectares in north western Victoria near Kerang. "On the farmland VicSuper grows maize, sorghum, barley and tomato crops in rotation and the investments ...

Sentry Group appoints head of wealth solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... of wealth solutions. Karen Brown joins Sentry Group from Grant Samuel Funds Management, where she was state manager for Western Australia, having held the same role for Challenger prior to that. In her new role, she will be responsible for deploying ...

Bridges advice head resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
The chief executive of IOOF-owned Bridges has resigned and the former head of Western Pacific Financial Planning has been appointed to the role in the interim. Nick Langton joined Bridges in 2014 from Perpetual where he was general manager of Perpetual's ...

Legg Mason appoints head of Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... Mason's $35 billion in assets under management in Australia and oversee affiliated fund managers including Martin Currie, Western Asset, Brandywine Global and EnTrustPermal. "Having spent the past decade building a global business I have always been ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... problem resolution. Investment performance was the most commonly-cited concern. Commenting on the research, CoreData head of Western Australia Kristen Turnbull said: "If super funds have any hope of engaging the younger generations, they have to stop ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. This is the second successive monthly fall. Dwelling approvals decreased in June in Western Australia (5.2%), Tasmania (3.7%), Queensland (3.2%), Australian Capital Territory (2.8%) and Victoria (0.1%), but increased ...

FIIG appoints head of middle markets

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... Simpson will take on the role, as FIIG looks to expand its reach in the middle markets sector. Simpson joins FIIG from Western Union where he was head of dealing. Prior to this he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland as head of structured risk and capital ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... are pricing in a rate cut at next week's RBA meeting, although, according to head of investment management Australia at Western Asset Management, Anthony Kirkham, a rate cut might not be the right answer. With inflation running below target and the RBA ...