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Paragon hires distribution head from Challenger

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Melbourne-based hedge fund manager Paragon Funds Management has appointed a new head of distribution. David Livera joins Paragon from Challenger, where he was a senior business development manager. Prior to that, he was a national key account manager ...

Watermark appoints two sector heads

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Watermark Funds Management is welcoming two experienced sector heads to its team. Ian Carmichael is coming over to Watermark from Platinum Asset Management in April as head of the consumer sector. At Platinum, he was team leader and investment analyst ...

Contango founder ousted in leadership battle

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Two Contango MicroCap (CTN) directors were removed following an extraordinary general meeting and a third resigned prior to resolutions being passed. Ian Neil Ferres and Contango Asset Management founder David Stevens were unseated during the EGM, while ...

Hedge fund star joins Merchant Group line-up

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Diversified financial services firm Merchant Group is welcoming a hedge fund veteran to head up its new corporate advisory business. Justin Klintberg, former portfolio manager at European group Marble Bar Asset Management and founder of pan-Asian hedge ...

ETFs attracting insto appetites: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
New research from VanEck suggests Australian institutional investors will likely be ramping up their allocations to exchange-traded funds. More than half (55%) of institutions surveyed currently use ETFs; 56% indicated they would be increasing this ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Generation X and Y investors have a marked preference for international stocks compared to their elders, according to the latest research from nabtrade. In the 12 months to 31 January 2017, nabtrade found Gen X investors raised their turnover of international ...

Legg Mason appoints Sydney head from UBS

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
As part of its Australian expansion, Legg Mason appointed the head of its newly opened Sydney office and its national key account manager. Matt Stovold joins Legg Mason's new Sydney team from UBS Wealth Management, where he was a managing director. ...

OC partners for micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
OC Funds Management partnered to launch a new fund targeting Australian and New Zealand companies with a market cap of less than $350 million. The OC Micro-Cap FUnd, launched with Copia Investment Partners, was previously known as the OC Concentrated ...

Citi boosts wealth team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Citi is expanding its wealth management business with four new hires. Danica Hampton joins Citi as head of investment specialists. Prior to this role she was head of currency overlay and solution sales at NAB; and global markets research senior strategist ...

CommInsure cleared of medical misconduct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
ASIC's investigation into CommInsure found no evidence of claims managers applying pressure on medical staff to change assessments, although the regulator said claims handling fell short of community expectations. CommInsure employees have been accused ...