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TAL bolsters senior leadership

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018

... management. Moving from MetLife, White will lead a team to manage a portfolio of client relationships. White was previously technical sales manager at MetLife for close to two years and was the head of client relationship management. He joined MetLife ...

Advice and stock broking firm fined $35k

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018

... function. In a statement Wilson's confirmed the two breaches were related to regulatory reporting requirements and of a technical nature. The firm added the breaches did not impact any of its clients or the integrity of the financial markets.

Best-in-show funds pose pressing issues for advisers

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018

... products could have pressing implications for financial advisers which shouldn't be overlooked. According to Wealthdigital technical manager Rob Lavery, the ramifications for advisers stemming from the 571-page draft report assessing the efficiency and ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

A room full of finance professionals tackled tricky case studies at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Forum in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Technical services professionals from IOOF and BT Financial Group presented case studies based on two ...

Japan needs trade peace with the US

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

... the 0.1% gain in the previous three-month period. Another quarter of negative GDP growth would bring it back into a technical recession. The details of the National Accounts show that the economy would have contracted by more had it not been from the ...

PIMCO and Allianz begin hiring spree for new business

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018

... and PIMCO globally. "It has been a real collaboration," he said, adding: "The collaboration harnesses the scale and technical experience of Allianz's 127 year-old global life insurance business, as well as PIMCO's global depth and expertise in ...

Chief economist update: Onwards and downwards to a recession?

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018

... the 0.1% gain in the previous three-month period. Another quarter of negative GDP growth would bring it back into a technical recession. Apart from ending the longest stretch of quarterly economic expansions since 1989 - 12 straight quarters of growth ...

More adviser participation needed to shape ethics code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018

... required to adhere to. While it is already expected that advisers comply with a raft of legal obligations, wealthdigital technical manager Rob Lavery said the draft code contains several, less prescriptive measures the industry will also have to abide ...

SMA provider to award $20m mandate

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018

... clients - making it more engaging and potentially a value add for the adviser or fund manager, Ramsay said. Agentia technical development manager Des Maher said the SMA business was spun out after 11 years running the licence for advice firm WB Financial. ...

PIMCO partners with data and analytics platform

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018

PIMCO has partnered with a financial technology company to enhance its quantitative research and analytic capabilities into its investment process. Part of the partnership sees PIMCO acquiring a minority stake in cloud-based integrated data and financial ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI

The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Apostle Funds Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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