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Nikko AM grows distribution team

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... analyst at Pengana Capital. He also worked for several years in London within Legal & General's investment management research unit. Prior to that he worked in client services for Assure New Zealand. "These appointments highlight Nikko Asset Management's ...

Frontier Advisors appoints former Mercer principal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... Europe. Prior to joining Mercer, Carruthers was at Towers Perrin for six years working in an investment advisory and research capacity. Frontier Advisors chief executive Damian Moloney sees the appointment as an important coup. "David has a deep knowledge ...

Voting opens on SelectingSuper Consumer Choice award

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... vote where fund members are invited to nominate their preferred or favorite super funds. Rainmaker, SelectingSuper's research partner, is encouraging super funds to promote the voting among their memberships. To ensure mid-size and boutique funds are ...

Use of bank-aligned advisers in decline

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... "It is worth noting that clearly the highest users of website internet banking are the high value customer," Roy Morgan Research director of industry communications Norman Morris said. He defined high value customers as the top 20% that controls 63% ...

Philanthropists award $1.5m to medical researchers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... researchers. The foundations' trustee, Perpetual, confirmed that $1 million of the philanthropic funds will go towards research that is looking to reduce the cost of medicines worldwide. "The Ramaciotti Foundations are one of the largest private contributors ...

Zenith re-rates BetaShares ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... fund. The BetaShares Australian High Interest Cash ETF ("AAA" on the ASX) now has a "Highly Recommended" rating from the research house, making it one of three ETFs to reach that status. AAA is targeted at generating regular income with capital security ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... negative returns in most Australian equities and international equities sector products," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the MSCI All Countries World ...

Shaw and Partners appoints foundation members

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Earl Evans, chief operating officer and chief financial officer Dan Jowett, head of compliance Steve Arnison and head of research Martin Crabb. Shaw and Partners chief executive Allan Zion said that the foundation will support charitable causes in different ...

SQM gives high marks to William Blair fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
SQM Research has given a William Blair fund a "superior" rating. The William Blair Dynamic Diversified Allocation Fund has been awarded 4.25 stars from SQM because of its "effective blend of quantitative methods," which SQM's statement said were "grounded ...

ISA calls out banks over fee structures

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... Australia's big four banks collect one third of all fees paid to superannuation funds totaling about $10 billion, according to research from Rainmaker Information commissioned by Industry Super Australia. The study found that the super industry drew ...