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Former ClearView chair joins CountPlus

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Countplus boosted its board to six members with the appointment of a new non-executive director. Raymond Kellerman joins the ASX-listed Count Financial while also sitting on the boards of Goodman Funds Management, Foundation Life and Ryder Capital. ...

Hunter Hall appoints LIC director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
Hunter Hall appointed a new director for its listed investment company following Peter Hall's resignation. David Groves is currently a non-executive director at Hunter Hall and will now take on a board position at Hunter Hall Global Value Limited. He ...

Mercer wins $250m NZ mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Mercer won a mandate in December to manage a $250 million New Zealand investment portfolio. Following what the New Plymouth District Council described as a "rigorous process" with consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver, Mercer will take the reins ...

Veteran Suncorp executive departs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
A Suncorp executive will resign this month after 17 years at the banking and wealth management group. Clayton Herbert has held numerous senior positions at Suncorp, including deputy chief financial officer, acting group chief financial officer, group ...

Sovereign wealth funds flock to emerging markets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
New State Street research shows a rising appetite for emerging markets in some of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Released in partnership with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, the report said that half of the SWFs surveyed ...

Alpha generation to trump in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
Hedge fund managers will enjoy a strong 2017 if they focus on capturing value, according to 50 South Capital director of research John Frede. Frede said the markets are entering a period where fundamentals are driving security prices, as evidenced by ...

NAB appoints research veteran to head retirement arm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
NAB appointed a new head of retirement this month. Brian Long has had an extensive career in investment and retirement research: most recently he was national manager retirement at Colonial First State, where he produced retirement-centric research ...

Asia-Pacific comes out on top in unlisted real estate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Unlisted real estate funds in the Asia-Pacific region, and Australia in particular, performed strongly against their US and European peers towards the end of 2016. According to the Global Real Estate Fund Index, Asia-Pacific returned 2.94% in the third ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
ING is joining with a global risk management software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions ...

Saxo revamps margin trading facility

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
Saxo Capital Markets launched a new service to allow clients to post multiple listed assets as collateral for margin trades. Under the new arrangement, clients can now use existing physical stocks, bonds and ETFs for trades including contracts for difference ...