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JPMAM appoints Australian CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... and New Zealand. Before joining JPMAM she was head of Asia Pacific investor relations and distribution for Citi Capital Advisors, Farrell held a number of senior positions during her 12 years at the firm. Previously she was head of the global discretionary ...

Dimensional hires BNP super boss

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Global asset manager Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed a new regional director. Angus Carson joins Dimensional from BNP Paribas, where he was head of superannuation and government institutions. In that role, he liaised with external managers including ...

SelectingSuper announces super fund of the year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... for Business; the Investment Leadership award winner was HOSTPLUS; the Asset Consultant award was presented to Frontier Advisors; the SMSF Administrator Product of the Year went to Heffron; and the Consumer Choice Award went to BUSSQ.

SPDR fund awarded highest Lonsec rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
State Street Global Advisors' SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (STW) has been awarded a "Highly Recommended (Index)" rating from Lonsec. STW is Australia's largest exchange traded fund (ETF) with $2.8 billion AUM and is used by retail and institutional investors ...

Misaligned expectations advisers' biggest threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... relationship," Australian managing director, Natixis Global Asset Management, Kevin Haran said. "The key and interesting thing for advisors is to think about what their role is. I think that role has to start taking the focus away from conversations ...

Bridges appoints new CEO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... various financial planning management positions. For the past three years Stanton has led the Western Pacific Financial Advisors dealer group that was part of the IOOF-SFG Australia acquisition. During his time at Western Pacific Financial Advisors he ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... the financial services industry," ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell said. "ASIC will continue to protect consumers from advisors who engage in misleading conduct and place their interests above those of their client." Karakatsanis has the right to appeal ...

US core property on insto agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... core property in 2016 as they exhaust opportunities in local markets and search for global diversification. L&B Realty Advisors executive vice president and senior portfolio manager Christian Metten said Australian instos are seeking US core property ...

VicSuper appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... Group). Prior to that he was chief investment officer Asia-Pacific at Mercer and head of manager research at Frontier Advisors. Commenting on his new role Howard said: "I am really excited to be joining such a highly regarded fund and look forward to ...

Milliman and Frontier explore new retirement product

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Superannuation industry consultants Milliman and Frontier Advisors have considered an alternative to a deferred lifetime annuity that trades off risk management for more flexibility. The "rainy day fund" would set aside funds that are not drawn upon ...