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New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
IAG has set out to embrace digital disruption in naming the person to replace the retiring Mike Wilkins as managing director and chief executive. Peter Harmer will take over the role on 16 November 2015, though Wilkins, who led the business for seven ...

Legg Mason fund added to AMP model portfolio

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund has been included in AMP's income model portfolio. The Real Income Fund invests in a mixture of AREITs, listed infrastructure and utilities to provide an attractive income stream with natural inflation protection. ...

AMP Capital hires infrastructure investment director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
AMP Capital has appointed an investment director to its infrastructure equity team. David Kenny will join the team on 12 October, reporting to head of Australia and New Zealand Infrastructure Equity Funds Michael Cummings. Kenny has more than 15 years' ...

Lonsec launches investment solutions division

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lonsec Fiscal has launched a new business division, Lonsec Investment Solutions, which will be led by Lukasz de Pourbaix in the chief investment officer role. The new division will be responsible for building model portfolios for advisers. It has been ...

Lazard launches new alternatives fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a new long/short European equity fund. The Lazard European Alternative Fund, which is UCITS compliant, comprises a liquid portfolio of around 60 European large and mid-cap stocks, both long and short, selected on ...

Industry buoyed by Trans-Pacific Partnership

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement finalised in Atlanta this week will provide a platform for multilateral trade with major economies in the Pacific Rim, creating new opportunities for Australian financial services companies. The TTP Agreement ...

Findex hires head of risk from Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
Findex has appointed a former Macquarie executive lead its commission-free risk business and build the corporate benefits consulting arm. As head of risk and corporate benefits, Patrick Dieter will also be responsible for reviewing and growing the company's ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that ...

Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Nikko Asset Management has downgraded its house view on global equities from overweight to neutral to reflect stock prices reaching what it believes to be fair value, particularly in the US. The global fund manager has been positive on stocks since ...

Multi-asset funds see huge lift in inflows

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
Multi-asset (MA) funds are set to remain at the top of the inflow tables in Europe as advisers turn to them in the face of FOFA-like reforms, according to global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. The research says more advisors are recommending MA ...