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CommInsure appoints life head from Macquarie

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
CommInsure has appointed a new head of life product and strategy. Sally Phillips will leave Macquarie Life, where she is divisional director and head of underwriting, claims and insurance proposition, to take on the role. Prior to Macquarie, she was ...

Telstra Super CIO to leave fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Telstra Super's chief investment officer is leaving the fund to join an Australian funds management giant. Jim Christensen will join the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) as managing director, global multi-asset on 11 January, reporting to the ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
The Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has made four more XTBs (exchange traded bond units) available on the ASX. The release is the company's third tranche in as many weeks and takes the stable of XTBs to 33 in total. The latest release expands ...

BT makes three investment hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
BT Investment Solutions has appointed Corrin Collocott to the newly-created position of head of diversified portfolio management, super and investment in its investment management team. Collocott joins BT with more than 20 years' experience working ...

Shaw and Partners appoints another Macquarie vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
Shaw and Partners has appointed a new institutional equities specialist. Darin Lester joins Shaw and Partners from BTIG, where he held a senior institutional equity sales position. Prior to that, he was a division director for alternative strategies ...

Man Diversified Alternatives recommended by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Zenith Investment partners has reaffirmed its 'recommended' rating for the Man Diversified Alternatives fund with it ranking highest among its peer group in the researcher's 2015 Multi Strategy and Fund of Hedge Funds Sector Report. Man Group is one ...

New alternative beta fund answers hedge fund short-comings

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
Amid poor fixed income returns, the need for alternatives in today's portfolios is being recognised by mainstream investors. But high fees, a lack of transparency, little capacity in top performing products and inconsistent returns from skill based ...

ASIC sees potential for "large scale loss" in robo-advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) warned that a flaw in an algorithm could lead to "large scale loss" for clients of robo-advice systems. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress in Brisbane, ASIC senior ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

Responsible investment is not just divestment

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Investing responsibly for the long-term isn't just about restricting investment mandates, but rather considering "broader information" and acting accordingly. This was the main message from Principles for Responsible Investment chair (and former director ...