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Myer Family Company appoints CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Myer Family Company is welcoming three new hires to its investment team, including a chief investment officer. The family office has appointed Michael E. Drew as chief investment officer along with the Adam Walk as head of investments. Drew and Walk ...

Whitehelm drives Prime Super outperformance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Whitehelm Capital's partnership with Prime Super played a key role in delivering strong outperformance in 2016, the latter said. Whitehelm, which advises on the $3 billion held in Prime Super across 120,000 member accounts, was instrumental in driving ...

Infocus scores exclusive referral to 450 offices nationwide

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Infocus Wealth Management planners will deliver financial advice to over 450 offices throughout Australia via an exclusive referral arrangement with a global accounting firm. NYSE-listed H&R Block, which opened its doors in Australia in 1971, employs ...

Ignition Wealth appoints head of advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
Ignition Wealth partnered with an XPLAN specialist to launch a new consultancy division, appointing a head of advice in the process. Rob Corben will take on the role as part of Ignition Wealth's partnership with PlanFocus, of which Corben is a director. ...

Altair hires distribution GM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
High-conviction Australian equities manager Altair Asset Management appointed a new general manager business development. Joining Altair is Philip Heggie. He will oversee distribution strategy in all market segments, covering individual retail investors ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Wilson lodges to scrap Hunter Hall LIC board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Wilson Asset Management chair Geoff Wilson will lodge a requisition of shareholders meeting to remove the current Hunter Hall Global Value board and appoint three new independent directors. The proposed directors are corporate lawyer Kym Evans, Affinity ...

Real assets courting insto appetites in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
The majority of large institutional investors will ramp their exposure to real assets in 2017, according to BlackRock research. BlackRock's global survey of 240 large institutional investors - including public and corporate pensions, insurers and foundations ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Hunter Hall independent review rejects WHSP takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Hunter Hall's independent directors recommended that shareholders reject Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company's takeover bid for the company, on the basis that it significantly undervalues shares. The review justified this recommendation saying ...