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Global fund manager replaces COO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
... of the year and will be replaced by Philipp Hensler. New York-based Hensler has been the president and chief executive of Swiss investment management firm Vontobel Asset Management for the last four-and-a-half years. Prior to Vontobel, he was the head ...

Advisers name top platform provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... continued shift to self-licensing is opening doors to new players - Intelliflo, Advice Intelligence, IRESS and Temenos and Swiss-based Avaloq are among them, he said. Frustrated advisers will soon have more choice and it's up to the incumbents to ...

MLC Life recruits head of underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... resulting in improved customer experience and higher productivity. He previously worked in senior management positions at AIG, Swiss Re and RGA. Kennedy commented that Jones joins at a time when MLC begins a new era of underwriting. "His experience across ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... Dollar, British Pound, Euro, Canadian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Japanese Yen, New Zealand Dollar, Singapore Dollar and the Swiss Franc, and there is potential to expand the list based on customer demand.

Advisers can fill aged care demand gap: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... advisers' service offering and provide a new source of revenue in the medium-term, a joint study by Aged Care Steps and Swiss Re reveals. The research, which explored the challenges and fears around aged care, found about 90% of advisers surveyed anticipate ...

UBS restructures global wealth arms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... ultra-high-net-worth clients, and rolled out a single technology platform covering the majority of client assets. Naratil joined the Swiss firm in 2000 and has since served in several executive roles. He was most recently president of wealth management ...

Vontobel expands distribution footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... potential for some of our prime capabilities like emerging debt, multi-sector bond and asset backed securities," he said. The Swiss firm recently won an Australian fixed income mandate, overseeing emerging markets debt and global equities strategies ...

Industry fund pilots cancer wellness program

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... developed in conjunction with Monash University and Cancer Council NSW. The stepped care program builds on global reinsurer Swiss Re's experience in delivering rehabilitation services in the UK. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu ...

First Aussie fixed income mandate for global manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
A global asset manager with Swiss heritage landed its first Australian fixed income mandate recently as a wealth management firm announced the latest additions to its multi-manager suite. Vontobel Asset Management will run an emerging markets debt mandate ...

APRA names heavyweight panel to investigate CBA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... the National Competition Council. Broadbent currently services on the board of Woolworths, is the chair of the board of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia Limited and chancellor of the University of Wollongong. Commenting on the appointments, APRA chairman ...