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Hong Kong fintech makes senior Australia hire

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Hong Kong-based digital wealth management company Quantifeed has hired a senior executive for strategic partnerships, with a view to expanding in Australia. Graeme Brant joins Quantifeed from Link Capital Investments, where was a principal of the firm. ...

Consultum rewards star advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Consultum Financial Advisers recognised excellence in financial advice by revealing its 2016 award winners. Announced at the company's annual conference in Vietnam, Adviser of the Year was awarded to Anthony D'Alessandro of Victorian based Required ...

APRA marks New Year priorities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... presented, such as lower growth and the increasingly competitive commercial insurance market. APRA said it will continue to focus on strengthening governance and risk management practices in superannuation, driven by reviews which revealed a common theme ...

Global shakeup for Xero team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Xero has implemented a series of organisational changes and appointed a new president of the Americas as part of a global growth strategy. The software provider has introduced a 'flatter' organisaational structure to leverage growing management capability ...

Boutique adviser names key hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... Profile Bodisco was a senior investment consultant at NAB Asset Management. "Goals-based investing is an area of growing focus in our industry. I was drawn to the Profile model because it is often difficult for very large institutions to make the changes ...

Morningstar multi-asset funds recommended

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Morningstar Investment Management's suite of multi-asset real return funds have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The real return funds are objective based multi-asset offerings that invest across a wide range of asset ...

HLB Mann Judd launches new advice arm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Accounting and financial advice firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney has started its new debt advisory business. The new business is a joint venture with banking executive James Macfarlane, who has joined HLB Mann Judd as a director of HLB Debt Advisory. HLB Debt ...

ANZ to sell Asian retail, wealth businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... transaction simplifies our business while allowing us to continue to benefit from higher levels of growth in the region through a focus on our largest, most successful business in Asia - banking large corporate and institutional clients driven by trade ...

PIMCO to take RE in-house

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
... PIMCO will then be the RE for the funds available to Australian investors, including the Australian Bond Fund, Australian Focus Fund, Capital Securities Fund, Diversified Fixed Interest Fund, Emerging Markets Bond Fund and Global Credit Fund. The current ...

Round of redundancies in IOOF product distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... commitment to improve its adviser services and have realigned distribution efforts in order to do so. There is to be a greater focus on relationships rather than traditional product based sales lines, it said. Steve Black has moved from the role of head ...