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Fund manager boosts leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
A Perth-based funds management firm managing $252 million of assets is welcoming a new head of distribution and chief operating officer. Westoz Funds Management (WFM) has appointed Tim Banfield to lead its distribution efforts, while Jaime Underdown ...

Wealthier Aussies seeking advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
Latest research shows about two million Australians sought financial advice in the 12 months to May, accounting for more than 27% of the total wealth management market. In its latest report, Roy Morgan has found that 1.96 million Australians have seen ...

IOOF executive takes new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
The former head of managed fund research at IOOF has joined another ASX-listed financial services firm. Former IOOF executive Miriam Herold has been named as Centrepoint Alliance's new head of research. Herold first joined IOOF in 2015 as a senior research ...

Managed accounts expert expands new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
A former Mason Stevens executive is joining a fintech that's offering investment and managed accounts solutions, as well as a new superannuation product. Spitfire Corporation appointed David Storm as its head of distribution, tasked with the sales ...

BNP Paribas wins $378bn admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
BNP Paribas Securities Services won a €240 billion ($378bn) fund administration mandate from a global asset manager. DWS - formerly Deutsche Asset Management - will transfer its fund administration unit to BNP Paribas Securities Services, which is ...

Contango to launch global active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
... March - to distribute the strategy by the aforementioned ETF as well as a listed investment company and a retail managed fund. CGA chief executive Marty Switzer explained that the new partnership reflects his company's new direction as a marketing ...

Asset manager awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An Australian alternative asset manager has awarded a fund administration mandate to US firm SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies marked Global Merces as its first Australian client since the acquisition of DST earlier this year. The Nasdaq-listed company ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The $57 billion multi-boutique asset manager will launch a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds, starting with an actively managed fixed income ETF that it says will be the first of its kind in the Australian market. The ActiveX series is ...

Perpetual names interim chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
Perpetual announced an interim chief executive will lead the ASX-listed financial services firm until Rob Adams officially takes the post. Chris Green, group executive of Perpetual Corporate Trust since 2008, takes the top job from June 9 until September ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... are difficult to use and what we are really trying to do is figure out what is the right direction to simplify a managed fund," he said. In came the Spaceship Voyager app, which lets users see their investments and their funds' holdings in an engaging ...