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IOOF hires national manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
IOOF has hired a NAB investment specialist as national manager for platform solutions, including managed accounts. It has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Rockliff as national manager of platform solutions in April. Rockliff is charged with maximising ...

UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
UBS has appointed a new deputy head of research as the incumbent leaves the company after almost nine years. James Coghill led UBS's insurance coverage after joining in 2010 and was appointed deputy head of research in 2015. He has decided to leave ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has labelled the 600 advisers sitting the first exam as "brave", fearing they are underprepared. Anderson believes the advisers taking the exam in the first ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

J.P. Morgan cuts management fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
J.P. Morgan Asset Management Australia has slashed management fees on all bond funds by nearly a third. From 1 June 2019, management fees for the following bond funds have been reduced: JPMorgan Global Strategic Bond Fund - from 0.60% to 0.40%; JPMorgan ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
A global alternative beta fund manager has added a former Morningstar head of alternative investments to its Australian team. Capital Fund Management appointed Craig Stanford as director of investor relations for the firm's US$9.7 billion Australian ...

Mercer hires investment strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
Mercer has appointed a former Suncorp executive to the newly created position of head of investment strategy. Gwion Moore joins the portfolio management senior leadership team, responsible for leading asset allocation decision making for the Mercer ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
The financial services industry has welcomed the surprise Coalition victory, viewing the result as business as usual. In a shock result to many, the Coalition defeated Bill Shorten's Labor Party in the Federal election over the weekend. In response ...

Mercer names administration services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
Mercer Australia appointed a new leader for its administration business, who will take the post in July. Craig Rice will join Mercer Administration Services, based in Wollongong. He takes over from Jo-Anne Bloch, who led the business for two years. ...

Bennelong adds Asian equities boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
Bennelong Funds Management's UK subsidiary has added a third boutique, and is planning to introduce Australian versions of the funds later this year. BennBridge's new boutique called BambuBlack will invest in Asian equities through two funds ...