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Global WTW executive joins TCorp

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... investment policies for consideration in portfolio construction. Previously, Thomas was an investment analyst with Regal Funds Management and has also worked as consumer specialist, institutional equities at Morgan Stanley. Brentnall said he was delighted ...

Planners preferred over super for wealthier retirees: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
Financial planners are significantly preferred over super funds as a source of retirement advice for Australians with account balances over $100,000, according to Investment Trends research. Overall, the research found that Australians are most inclined ...

Magellan acquires US and Australian fund managers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... significantly expanding its local and international distribution capabilities. The Australian manager is the $6 billion Airlie Funds Management, which specialises in Australian equities and was founded by John Sevior and Matt Williams in 2012. As part ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... total assets across the seven largest pensions markets (Australia, Canada, Japan, Netherland, US, UK and Switzerland) as funds continue to experience positive net cash flow and relatively lower levels of benefit withdrawals compared to their DB counterparts. ...

BlackRock names head of financial institution

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... Survey, 224 institutional clients with US$7 trillion in investible assets said they intend to increase exposure to hedge funds (5%), private equity (33%), real estate (32%) and real assets (55%) this year.

Robo-advice provider inks deal with Class

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... technology to SMSF advisers, accountants, and trustees rather than these things always being the exclusive domain of large funds. "Six Park is part of a new breed of advisers which is making this happen, and we're really excited to embark on this journey ...

Open banking regime to boost advice

DARREN SNYDER, KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... app Moneytree says there is always some risk when you hand over a bank password. However, most bank passwords can't move funds anyway "because we don't have access to one-time password tokens or secondary factors of authentication." ANZ's submission ...

Thomson Reuters sells analytics business to institutional investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... and a global private equity giant have purchased a stake in Thomson Reuters' Financial and Risk business. Private equity funds managed by Blackstone, together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and GIC, have purchased a 55% of the ...

Grant Thornton adds financial services partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... continue to build the firm's asset management, superannuation and fintech service offerings. She will focus on boutique funds and small to mid-size high growth financial organisations. Weeraratne previously worked at Deloitte as senior tax manager before ...

Sequoia Financial Group grows board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
Sequoia Financial Group is welcoming a new non-executive director to its board. Former Odyssey Funds Management chairman John Larsen has joined the ASX-listed wealth manager, bringing more than 30 years' experience across financial services. His appointment ...