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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 ...

Budget means Aussies can get more from retirement

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... benefit from changes to superannuation policy which would allow planning for a more sustainable retirement. IOOF head of technical services Martin Breckon highlighted how savings generated from policy changes, such as the banning of opt-out insurance ...

OneVue appoints new Super Services COO from KPMG

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... existing members. This acquisition increases OneVue's current superannuation member capabilities by adding KPMG's deep technical expertise in managing complex superannuation funds." "The combination of OneVue's superannuation business and KPMG's high ...

RBA names new chief information officer

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... enterprise applications architect. He was also a director of Travelex's global payments product development and management, a technical architecture director at Oracle and a consultant with Deloitte. In a statement, the RBA said: "The role of CIO within ...

Praemium appoints managed accounts expert in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... being instrumental in the development of CFS' FirstWrap. "We are thrilled to add Steve's experience to the team. His technical product and industry expertise will help drive a range of exciting strategic initiatives that will help to build upon Praemium's ...

MFS executives create advisory council

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... Council (IAC) will counsel current investment professionals on a variety of factors including mentoring, leadership, technical training, macro outlook and investment culture. "MFS has historically had low turnover among its investment team members, which ...