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US investment giant hires Australian insto head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... and exciting markets within our global reach." As a result, Fioramonti said, "it makes sense for us to have people on the ground to expand our business."

HESTA calls for access to super for family violence victims

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
Industry super fund HESTA is calling on the Federal Government to change the rules and allow family violence victims and survivors access to their superannuation. The fund, along with others in the community sector including Financial Counselling Australia ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
"Better, but not good enough": this is how the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees developments in the global economy. The OECD also answered its own question - "Will risks derail the modest recovery?" - initially posted ...

Mercer vet takes reins at former Pillar offices

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... her new role, Bloch said: "I watched Mercer's acquisition of Pillar from New York with a lot of interest. Everyone on the ground has worked exceptionally hard to get to where we are today and I am excited to be part of this growing and successful business." ...

Super funds adopting insurers' investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... yields" have paved the way for a boom in real asset allocation, Curlow said. What insurers are doing is "leveraging on the ground experience" of managing real assets as well investing in listed REITs to give the added benefit of liquidity using a 55% ...

Aussie hedge fund eyes US expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017
... added: "We have seen significant interest from the US market in the new offshore fund, so it made sense to have boots on the ground there to make the most of that opportunity and build a client base with a hands-on approach." As part of the firm's local ...

CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... financial counsellors. Financial Counselling Australia chief executive Fiona Guthrie described the funding from CBA as truly ground-breaking as the association has never been able to implement training on this scale before. "Helping clients affected ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Both AMP Capital and Vanguard are ramping fixed income capabilities with new hires and job listings. On April 26, Andrea Jaehne joined AMP Capital as senior credit analyst, financials. She reports to acting head of credit Steven Hur, and will focus ...

Beware the volatility trap: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... of the downside and 87% of upside. "The fact that the fund on a whole loses less on the downside means that it has less ground to make up when the market rises again, this has played a key role in underpinning its outperformance over time," Maslen said. ...

BetaShares expands to Victoria

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... education and client service. "We are pleased to welcome Damon into our team and look forward to building a strong on the ground presence in Victoria to help us meet increased client demand," Vynokur said. "Since the launch of our first ETFs in December ...