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Diversity isn't going to a Chinese restaurant: PwC

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Diversity in corporate governance means more than the board of directors going to a Chinese restaurant now and then, according to PwC partner Ken Woo. Speaking on a diversity panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Woo acknowledged a natural ...

New income fund launches

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
A global asset manager is launching its second multi-strategy fund in Australia with the intention of delivering annual income of 4% above the RBA cash rate. Aligning with the idea that investors want their money to work hard and be protected in all ...

PIMCO names new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
PIMCO has named its new chief executive officer and at the same time appointed a portfolio manager and a US economist. Emmanuel (Manny) Roman will commence the role on 1 November, with current PIMCO chief executive Douglas Hodge to assume a new role ...

Equip CIO departs following restructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The chief investment officer of industry super fund, Equip, will leave the company following a restructure of the investment team. The fund's acting chief executive Nick Vamvakas thanked the departing Michael Strachan for his stewardship of the team ...

Sequoia steps into funds management

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
Sequoia Financial Group and Aitken Investment Management have entered an exclusive partnership which will provide retail investors with exposure to Aitken Investment Management's wholesale only fund. Sequoia has launched the AIM Gateway Fund through ...

Advisory firm appoints new CIO

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
A former BT Financial Group portfolio management head has joined Viridian Financial Group as its new chief investment officer. Piers Bolger joins the firm as chief investment officer. He has more than 24 years' investment industry experience and was ...

Suncorp appoints new investment head

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Suncorp is welcoming its new head of investments this week, appointing a former BT Financial Group chief investment officer and head of Advance Asset Management. Leaving BTFG in June after about eight years, Patrick Farrell joined Suncorp on 18 July. ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Employment up but hours worked fell Employment in Australia grew by 0.07% in June, consistent with the average growth rate over the last six months, according to trend figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest Labour ...

BlackRock appoints Australia head

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
BlackRock has appointed a new country head of Australia. Dominik Rohe was previously based in New York, working in BlackRock's Latin America and Iberia business as head of institutional and wealth lines. Prior to that, he was head of institutional and ...

CFM alternative beta fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
Lonsec has awarded Capital Fund Management's (CFM) Institutional Systematic Diversified Trust (CFM ISDiversified) a "Recommended" rating. The fund has been designed to offer investors a diversified portfolio of well-known and persistent alternative ...