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Morningstar appoints head of sales and distribution

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
In her new role, Heather Dawson oversees Morningstar's sales and distribution efforts in Australia and New Zealand. Dawson has more than 20 years' experience in business leadership roles in the financial services industry in Australia and the United ...

OneVue appoints fund services head from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
OneVue has appointed a head of its fund services business. Richard Harris-Smith joins OneVue from J.P. Morgan, where he was head of product solutions. Prior to that, he was a commercial director at CLS Group. At OneVue, Harris-Smith will manage all ...

Rainmaker goes live with new terminal upgrade

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
Rainmaker Information has launched its new digital terminal, RainmakerLive. Designed and custom built in-house specifically for wealth management groups operating in the Australian market, the RainmakerLive terminal replaces the popular Workstation ...

BetaShares Australian share fund gets Lonsec approval

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The BetaShares Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: AUST) has been awarded a "Recommended" rating by Lonsec. Launched in November, AUST provides investors with cost-effective exposure to a diversified portfolio of Australian shares, along with the ...

Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has appointed two new portfolio managers to the group's largest fund, Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA). Joining Hastings from Flagstaff Partners is Brett Mitsch, who will now be the lead portfolio manager ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The economy will grow at 2.75%, shares will return high single digits and bonds look better than term deposits. That's the combined opinions of renowned Australian economist Don Stammer and Altius Asset Management chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon ...

FICAP returns to the Ivy for tenth anniversary

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is planning its biggest ever event for its milestone tenth anniversary charity bash. The annual 'Who wants to be a RockStar' event will return to the Ivy in Sydney following the success of last year's ...

Allianz hires chief general manager from within

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Allianz has promoted one its own to the role of chief general manager market management. John Myler, who was most recently chief executive of Allianz Global Assistance Australia (AGA), will take up the role from 1 February. Myler has nearly 20 years ...

Now is the time to accommodate the sellers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
One of the best paths to investment success is to accommodate the market; buy when others are desperate to sell and sell when investors are buying irrationally. That's the investment mantra of Jonathan Bell Lovelace, the founder of Capital Group, one ...

Financial Standard appoints deputy editor

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
Financial Standard appoints Whitney Fitzsimmons, former host of ABC's Business Today and Lateline Business, as deputy editor. Fitzsimmons is one of the nation's most recognisable TV personalities, having spent over a decade at the ABC where for eight ...