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Chi-X Australia makes senior appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Chi-X Australia has appointed Peter Warton as head of market operations. Warton joins from equity trading and market making firm Tibra, where he was global head of IT operations. He has 25 years' industry experience in roles related to software development ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division. Jason Murray joins the company from UK listed mining firm Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank ...

AXA IM to open ESG strategy to investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
AXA Investment Managers will offer its impact investing fund of funds strategy to external investors. The fund is part of a suite of ESG integrated multi-asset strategies run by the fund manager. It already has a total of EUR200 million ($287 million) ...

Sydney set to become China share trading hub

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Sydney's time zone could see it become a hub for processing trades via the cross border trading link connecting Shanghai and Hong Kong, according to Omgeo executive director of industry relations Tony Freeman. The Shanghai Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme ...

State Street partners with wealth management tech provider

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
State Street and FNZ Australia have formed a partnership giving State Street's Australian clients access to FNZ's wealth management technology solutions. The combined solution brings together FNZ's global platform technologies and State Street's custody ...

Insurance industry has trust issues

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Australian insurance companies rank second last for the level of trust their customers have in them, according to a new survey by EY. The global professional services company surveyed around 24,000 consumers from 30 countries. Australia recorded one ...

Equip to manage AustSuper's defined benefit schemes

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
AustralianSuper will transfer its defined benefit plans and members to Equip during 2015 as part of a new partnership aimed at creating long-term growth opportunities for both funds. The fund's defined benefit schemes represent around 2000 members ...

Vanguard appoints head of key account management

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Vanguard has relocated an executive from its Hong Kong office to take up the role of head of key account management within the company's financial adviser business. In his new role, Matthew Lumsden will be responsible for building strategic partnerships ...

New Fortnum advice business targeting accountants

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014
Independently-owned advisory firm Fortnum Financial Group has launched a new business targeting accountants aiming to become licenced to provide financial advice. Fortnum Professional Strategies will provide class of product licensing as well as education ...

NAB AM buys stake in UK fund manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2014
NAB Asset Management has taken an approximate 40% stake in newly-founded London-based fund manager Intermede Investment Partners. Intermede is an active global equities manager with a focus on investing in listed mid and large capitalisation companies. ...