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New Calastone service automates distribution processing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Global funds transaction network, Calastone, has launched its new automated distribution service, aimed at cutting out mistakes from manual input and shortening processing times. The distribution solution connects fund manager and client, standardising ...

BetaShares appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
BetaShares has appointed a new chief investment officer along with four other management appointments. Louis Crous has been promoted to CIO, having previously been portfolio manager at the company. Prior to BetaShares, he was a senior investment product ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed State Street head of Asia Pacific to its board and confirmed that chief economist James Bond has left the organisation. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Asia Pacific, Lochiel Crafter, is ...

Wilson to raise $550m for philanthropic LIC

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Wilson Asset Management chairman Geoff Wilson wants to raise $550 million for a philanthropic listed fund, the largest float for a listed investment company (LIC) in Australia. The Future Generation Global Investment Company Limited (FGG) will have ...

4 Corners hires ahead of infrastructure fund launch

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
4 Corners Infrastructure has appointed a senior equity analyst to build out the manager's research capabilities ahead of the launch of a global infrastructure fund in the second half of 2015. Mark Jones joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Cbus chief executive David Atkin has again flatly denied having any knowledge of the superannuation fund releasing members' personal information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission ...

King to relaunch Sovereign after Mercer restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
Investment adviser and Mercer partner Ray King has left the business and will reestablish the alternatives consultancy firm he founded in 2000, Sovereign Investment Research. King told Financial Standard he departed Mercer following the company's acquisition ...

Bennelong partners 4 Corners to offer infrastructure

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Bennelong Funds Management recently announced it will partner a global infrastructure investment manager with the mandate to invest in listed infrastructure companies from around the world. The partnership with 4 Corners Infrastructure, Bennelong's ...

Qualitas grows team with senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Real estate investment specialist Qualitas has appointed a head of compliance and legal, a risk analyst and an investment analyst, bringing the size of the team to 35 people. Head of compliance and legal Ruth McClelland joined Qualitas from K2 Asset ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... Cape Verde, Tonga, Gambia and Ecuador" - so long as it's not in what's going to become China's Special Administrative Region (SAR). The 1997/98 Asian financial crisis - that started about the same time as the 1 July 1997 handover - muddied investor sentiment ...