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MetLife appoints senior AMP, AIA vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
MetLife has made three appointments to its executive team. Joining from AIA, where he was head of AIA Vitality, James Carey has been appointed to the new role of head of reinsurance and regulatory affairs. MetLife chief product and marketing officer ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
A disappointing quarterly result from the Commonwealth Bank is weighing down the broader share market. The share price of Australia's biggest listed company plummeted by $2.99, or 3.39 per cent, to $85.15, after it post a flat $2.2 billion cash profit ...

Not over yet for active management

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Active management isn't dying but it needs to re-invent itself so it can compete against low cost technology operators that are fundamentally challenging its business model. "It isn't dead but the market is playing hard to get," said Olivier d'Assier ...

Former Deutsche AM CEO joins Brookvine

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Former chief executive of Deutsche Asset Management Stephen O'Brien has been made executive director at advisory and marketing firm Brookvine. O'Brien was at Deutsche for five years. Before that he worked at Schroders and at Tyndall Investment Management. ...

Instos take on risk monitoring tools

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
Institutional investors haven't been rewarded for taking risk in global investment markets since 2008, and have now turned to more intense monitoring to minimize further risks. Focusing on risk in this way gives institutional investors insights that ...

No decision yet on QIC sale

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2013
The government Queensland Commission of Audit Report recommendation that the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) be privatised puts the spotlight on the significant funds management businesses that several state governments are now running. The ...

Instreet launches alternative

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
Boutique investment manager, Instreet has launched the Instreet Link Alternative Manager DPA, a structured product that invests in a range of alternative investment strategies, actively managed by three global investment managers. The new product is ...

Local DMA providers hit back

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012
Australian DMA providers in the CFD sector have warned Treasury officials over what they claim are misrepresentations being made on the use of client money to hedge positions. Australian direct market access (DMA) providers First Prudential Markets ...

Axioma reveals downward risk trends

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2012
Downward trends in risk for 1Q12 have mirrored stronger markets amid easing global economic conditions, according to Axioma's latest Quarterly Risk Review. Scott Hamilton, Axioma director, applied research, said declining risk accompanied gains in many ...

Planner banned as watchdog continues industry clean-up

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011
ASIC is continuing its clean up of the financial services sector with the banning of another Sydney based planner. Stephen Paul Hing of Enmore has been barred from providing financial services for four years after an investigation revealed he took part ...