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Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... partnership with Blackstone provides an opportunity to increase efficiency and accelerate revenue growth through innovation and focus on creating uniquely compelling products for F&R's customers," Brand said. GIC private equity chief investment officer ...

Grant Thornton adds financial services partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Himashini Weeraratne will continue to build the firm's asset management, superannuation and fintech service offerings. She will focus on boutique funds and small to mid-size high growth financial organisations. Weeraratne previously worked at Deloitte ...

Insto investors looking for company transparency: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... Of these, 71% prioritised board director "skills" over gender or ethnic diversity. Participants also flagged an increased focus on what was described as "unjustified pay," which Morrow Sodali said indicated concerns about "alignment between pay and performance." ...

Financial services pay top dollar for compliance, IT skills

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
In the wake of recent financial services and bank scandals, job opportunities in risk management and compliance within the sector are forecast to boom in 2018, Robert Walters' latest salary survey shows. With large-scale remediation projects in banking ...

Pension phase SMSFs prefer Aussie equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Self-managed superannuation fund members in the pension phase are demonstrating a stronger preference for domestic equities than their accumulation phase counterparts. Recent analysis from Class shows SMSFs in pension phase are, on average, allocating ...

CBA chair says culture needs improvement

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... the inquiry, saying that of about 80 interviews flagged with current and former CBA staff, 60 have been completed. Eleven focus groups were also held, which included more than 100 CBA staff at management level. On top of this, APRA made an online staff ...

Zurich Investments awards small caps mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... experienced and has an extensive track record of managing small companies. "They take a value-driven approach with a clear focus on risk adjusted returns and believe that actively managed small companies can outperform the small companies index over ...

CMC Markets hires head of sales trading

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... Ashley Glover will lead the CMC Markets APAC team to build its high-net-worth and frequent trader client base, as well as focus on delivering customer service excellence. Glover first joined CMC Markets Australia and New Zealand in September 2013 as ...

BTIM chief retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... potential to continue to build the business off the back of its strong leadership, clear long-term strategy and genuine focus on delivering the best outcomes for clients," Brandweiner said. Brandweiner will commence his transition into the role on 26 ...

Channel Capital appoints distribution director from Janus Henderson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... "As we grow our business and boutique investment manager stable, it's crucial that our team has an investment specialist focus, and Byron and Angela bring that to our business," King said. "We see 2018 as being an exciting year for Channel Capital and ...