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WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson will welcome a QBE national manager as head of FINEX - Australasia. The global advisory firm has appointed Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers ...

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority completed its transition to a new organisational structure with the promotion of its chief risk officer and the creation of a position to oversee its risk and data analytics division. As of 1 July 2017 ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
The first snapshot results of the 2016 Census have been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and for the wealth management industry they paint a picture of a rapidly changing nation and marketplace. For starters, population growth is increasing. ...

QIC and Eagle Investment join forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
QIC has supplemented its outsourced data management and performance measurement functions by establishing a new partnership that will further drive down costs and improve efficiency, especially in its alternative assets business. Partnering with Eagle ...

Ausbil adds key MicroCap team hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
Ausbil Investment Management has made two appointments to its MicroCap team, following the departure of its star managers in April. Mason Willoughby-Thomas joins as a new portfolio manager for the Ausbil MicroCap Fund. Willoughby-Thomas was most recently ...

Finance braces for Amazon effect

EMMA RAPAPORT AND DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
The arrival of Amazon Marketplace in Australia will disrupt several businesses and the financial services industry won't be immune to the online store's influence. Already sending shockwaves through local major retailers, Australian fintech Avoka believes ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Evans Dixon chairman David Evans has assembled an investment team of former chief executives to raise up to $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix ...

JB Financial enters buyout mode

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
JB Financial Group is on an acquisition drive with three flagged purchases and a raft of new hires. The first, Risk & Security Management (RSM), has already been completed, adding 68 employees to JB Financial's staff. Consideration for the RSM acquisition ...

Auscap equities fund gets Zenith, Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
An Auscap Australian equities fund was given a "Recommended" rating by both Zenith and Lonsec. The Auscap Long Short Australian Equities Fund targets value-driven long and short positions in Australian equities. It has returned 24% per annum net of ...

Investors to benefit from $4tn US infrastructure bill

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The roughly $4.7 trillion the US will need to spend to remedy infrastructure deficiencies is creating opportunities for investors worldwide, according to BNY Mellon research. The 2017 BNY Mellon Investment Management Alternatives Outlook noted Donald ...