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Australian Ethical appoints former AMP Capital PM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
Ethical investment and superannuation provider, Australian Ethical, has made an appointment to its investment team. Portfolio manager Michael Murray has 18 years' investment experience including as a portfolio manager for ethical and ESG aware clients ...

Charter Hall announces unit registry mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... able to access investment information on a tailored Charter Hall platform." OneVue head of funds services Richard Harris-Smith added: "We are very pleased to partner with Charter Hall and look forward to supporting their planned investment growth across ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
The performance of superannuation funds' individual asset class options has not been as robust as one might expect, according to the latest performance analysis by Rainmaker, bringing into question how effective the active management investment strategies ...

IFM Investors appoints independent chair

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an independent chair to the investment advisory committee of its IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund. Brad Vann is a legal practitioner with almost 35 years' experience in the delivery of infrastructure projects. He has advised ...

Praemium partners national advice firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Praemium has launched a new managed account solution for a national dealer group. The partnership with Futuro makes Praemium's SMA technology available through the dealer group's subsidiary Sterling Managed Investments. It enables Futuro advisers and ...

HESTA investment analyst collects ESG award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
CareSuper and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) have jointly named the recipient of the 2016 Michael O'Sullivan ESG Rising Star Award. Announced in front of about 200 delegates at the ACSI annual conference in Melbourne yesterday ...

LGS appoints head of advice

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed former NGS Super head of financial planning to the role of head of advice. Andrew Dunkerley has over 20 years' experience in financial services, including senior roles at NGS Super and Industry Fund Services. ...

Life insurers paid $6.9bn in claims in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Mainstream life insurance companies paid out a total of just over $6.9 billion in claims in 2015, according to figures from The Risk Store. The statistics show that a total of 89,291 claims were paid for an average $77,279 per claim. Put another way ...

PIMCO Income fund launched in Australia

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
PIMCO has launched its actively managed fixed income fund, PIMCO Income, in Australia. The fund aims to deliver a competitive and consistent level of monthly income distributions without compromising total return. As a secondary objective, it also aims ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
A former super fund chief executive, a technology venture capitalist, a private wealth management expert and a financial services company CEO joined forces to uncover some of the country's outstanding philanthropic initiatives. Former State Super chief ...