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Skyring names new head of distribution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... sales strategy and customer service aligned perfectly with the direction I envisage for Skyring." Skyring is the re-branded parent company of Skyring Asset Management, Mardell Financial Centre, MySMSFOnline and Property 24/7. It provides asset management ...

Australian Ethical appoints new executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Australian Ethical Investment named a new executive officer, superannuation in addition to a raft of appointments to its investment, ethics and marketing team. The ethical investment manager confirmed head of product operations Matthew Gahan is replacing ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... bid to expand its partnerships and refocus its investment strategies. The move is part of the asset manager's European parent, Natixis Investment Managers, aligning its brands which include H2O Asset Management, DNCA Investments and Harris Associates ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... decisions. It then generates a quantitative rating - positive, neutral, or negative - based on key assessment areas of parent, people, performance, price and processes. A research analyst would typically assign analyst ratings - gold, silver, bronze ...

Employers of choice work to close super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
A $70 billion superannuation fund and one of Australia's largest life insurers have been recognised for commitment to gender equality in the workplace. First State Super and TAL have been named as Employers of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace ...

Pension fund and bank terminate asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
A UK pension fund and its parent bank have terminated about $200 billion in respective mandates with a major global asset manager. Scottish Widows and Lloyds Banking Group's wealth businesses have given Standard Life Aberdeen notice to terminate their ...

IFAs tackling bank-owned competitors head on

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... finding that banks continue to breach the best interest duty and are more likely to recommend products manufactured by their parent companies, intentionally limiting customers' options or withholding more suited alternative investment products, GlobalData ...

MetLife awards $11bn custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
MetLife Australia is included among a $10.9 billion custody mandate awarded by its global parent across three key Asia Pacific markets. The US-based life insurer awarded the US$8.7 billion ($10.9 billion) custody mandate to HSBC Securities Services. ...

In-house education key to super success

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds is encouraging parents to educate children on the importance of saving for retirement as new data shows young Australians accumulate super faster than ever before. Member data released by QSuper shows ...

Soaring education costs require financial plan: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Research points to Sydney as the most expensive place to send children to school and in some cases the cost of tuition is exceeding average house prices - a vital investment decision by any means. The Australian Scholarships Group (ASG) Planning for ...