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Client longevity the largest advice disruptor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... less recognised disruption is failing to understand what is happening to longevity." He said there needs to be a strong focus on the actuarial probability of clients living far longer and spending far more than projections. The wealth expert said there ...

Macquarie IM acquires equities specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Macquarie Investment Management is increasing its investment capabilities via the acquisition of a $6 billion specialist asset manager based in Luxembourg. The investment management division of Macquarie Group has entered an agreement to acquire ValueInvest ...

AMP Capital enters US telco market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... consolidation of telecom assets in North America. "We continually look for quality investments on behalf of our clients. Our focus remains on the middle market, which is where we see the greatest value and opportunity," Foo said. "Communications infrastructure ...

Rice Warner recruits NAB executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... Warner chief executive Michael Rice said: "Tim is highly regarded among the industry for his leadership, knowledge and client focus. We are looking forward to Tim joining the Rice Warner team where his strengths and experience will be felt in-house and ...

Former Macquarie head of research joins Fidelity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
The former head of research for Macquarie's wealth management business has taken on a new role at Fidelity International. Richard Dinham joins Fidelity as head of client solutions and retirement. In this role, he will liaise with Fidelity's investment ...

Listed wealth group appoints state manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
... wealth management. The business continues to grow rapidly, making it critical to have an experienced and dedicated person to focus on distribution strategy." Fox will report to Blaxland-Walker, who said ClearView is fortunate to have such a standout ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Asset manager and funds services provider Global Merces has launched a regtech solution that slashes the managed funds application process to five minutes. FUND.ID, a straight through processing system, on-boards new clients using an electronic signature ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
The Future Fund is making several changes to its leadership team in an effort to simplify its structure and strengthen its investment, technology and risk functions. Its chief investment strategist will also leave in April. Raphael Arndt will continue ...

Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... include H2O Asset Management, DNCA Investments and Harris Associates to enable Ostrum to serve "fresh ambitions." Ostrum will focus its efforts on its longstanding fixed-income experience and equity capabilities, as well as its insurance offering. It ...

Acadian talks big data 2.0, launches A-shares strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... issues. The latter might have good practices but are not helping society or other businesses," Mehta said. The materiality focus and the ability to build on existing quant models helped Acadian launch its Emerging Market Fossil Fuel Free equity strategy ...