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Perpetual Private creates new head of investment research role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
Perpetual Private has appointment Kyle Lidbury as head of investment research. This is a new role which combines Perpetual Private's multi-manager and model portfolio research teams into a large research platform to support the evolving needs of its ...

MetLife to make 32 appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2014
... continue investing to generate and support long term growth," MetLife chief executive Damien Green said. Plan For Life research showed that in the 12 months to December 2013, MetLife more than doubled its group risk premium inflows to $467 million and ...

OneVue pitches Managed Accounts to industry funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
... than $530 billion in Australia today it's hard to deny the impact it's having on the wider superannuation community. Research from Rainmaker reveals that 30% of super funds now offer Member Direct Investment options which are low cost quasi-platform ...

Perpetual appoints senior JANA investment exec

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... JANA in a variety of roles including principal, alternative investment solutions; consultant and head of absolute return research team and research associate (alternatives and global equities). At Perpetual Investment O'Dea will be responsible for leading ...

netwealth appoints head of investment and research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
netwealth has appointed Challenger national key account manager to the role of head of investment management and research The company made the announcement that Paul O'Connor would take up the position on May 19 during its yearly update yesterday. O'Connor ...

Compliance absorbs half of platforms' development budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
... almost half of their development budget on regulatory compliance, the Investment Trends 2013 Platform Report found. The research covered 454 key characteristics of 13 platform providers and found that spending on developing new functionality was only ...

Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Independent researcher Defaqto has launched a ratings system addressed at consumers who want to purchase financial products without going through an adviser. The Life Assurance Star Ratings identifies over 50 direct life insurance products and rates ...

Catholic Super seeds new AllianceBernstein fund

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... Catholic Super chief investment officer Garrie Lette said. The Fund builds on quantitative and fundamental company-level research with the aim of exploiting the "low-volatility anomaly", or the tendency-as shown by studies in many markets-for portfolios ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... construction skills, or partner with someone to get access to these skills," Towers Watson head of Australian equity manager research Ben Griffiths said. Towers Watson argues asset owners must be adept at manager selection, as well as portfolio construction ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... of global listed real estate Tom Walker, senior portfolio manager Hugo Machin and portfolio manager Nikita Johal. SQM Research downgraded the AMP Capital Property Securities Fund in London from a rating of 4.25 stars to 4.0 stars as a consequence of ...