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New CIO for First State Super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
First State Super has named its new chief investment officer. Current acting chief investment officer Damian Graham has taken on the position permanently after stepping in to the role in a caretaker capacity in August. Graham previously led investments ...

BMW caught on car loan failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
BMW Finance must contribute $5 million to financial literacy and consumer advocacy initiatives as part of Australia's largest consumer credit remediation program, including an enforceable undertaking accepted by ASIC. BMW Finance will provide $77 million ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
Australia AiG performance of services It wasn't as sharp as the 3.3 point increase in the manufacturing index to 54.2 in November, but the AiG performance of services index's 0.6 point rise to 51.1 continues the trend towards stronger expansion seen ...

Kapstream welcomes new portfolio manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Challenger's head of fixed income is joining Janus Capital subsidiary Kapstream as a portfolio manager and head of direct lending. After about 12 years in his role at Challenger, Bob Sahota is moving to Kapstream and will contribute to broad macroeconomic ...

Pengana boosts adviser distribution footprint

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Throughout 2016, Pengana Capital built out a nine-person business development and client service team targeting the financial adviser market. The firm's six active equity strategies, which collectively hit a $2 billion funds under management milestone ...

CBA partners for agribusiness pilot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has partnered with a specialist software company in the hopes of driving adviser innovation and better collaboration in agribusiness. The partnership with Figured will see 100 CBA agribusiness clients trial Figured's ...

Netwealth partners for new private label

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Netwealth has teamed up with a boutique wealth management firm for a private label managed accounts offering. Stanford Brown is the latest group to partner with the managed accounts provider, in what Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine described ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

Pillar sold to Mercer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... billion and doubling its member account base to more than two million. Mercer managing director and Pacific market leader Ben Walsh said the acquisition is on point for the firm's superannuation outsourcing business strategy. "We know many super funds ...

Challenger distribution chief departs for start-up role

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Challenger's chief executive, distribution, marketing and research has resigned from the company. Paul Rogan announced his desire to "pursue external interests," which include a new role at what Challenger called a fintech financial advice start-up. ...