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Labor responds to Royal Commission, sheds light on victims of misconduct

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... do anything about it," said one participant from Newcastle in New South Wales. Another participant from Townsville in far-north Queensland told Labor their family was torn apart after bank misconduct left them homeless for two years. "I had a big mental ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
About one-in-three financial advisers aligned with some of Australia's largest institutions are female but women still represent less than one quarter of all advisers. Latest insight from Rainmaker shows the gender diversity of Australia's financial ...

AMP hires from MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... accounts business. As AMP's new head of platform development, Egan will be responsible for strengthening AMP's $39 billion North platform, working closely with financial advisers and customers to hone the investment product offering and administrative ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Street Global Advisors (US$2.8tn) completed the top three. More than half (58.1%) of the fund managers analysed were based in North America. European managers held 31.8% of assets managed, of which 7.4% was managed in the UK. Japan held 4.8% of the AUM ...

IFM Investors expands to Switzerland

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
... fee, as its investments performed well. IFM Investors is owned by 27 major pension funds, with investment teams in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia that manage institutional strategies across infrastructure (equity and debt), debt investments ...

Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
The global asset manager has hired a Russell Investments research director in a newly-created role, as it expands its Australian business. Scott Bennett will now head Northern Trust's Australia and New Zealand quantitative research and client solutions ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... chief executive Chris Willcox has outlined his vision for the $120 trillion asset management industry, identifying a true north for its future direction. Speaking to a group of international media in London on Tuesday, Willcox said the true north for ...

Funds SA portfolio manager leaves, team to expand

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The $32 billion South Australian public sector fund is bidding farewell to a long-standing portfolio manager who looked after its alternatives portfolio. Clive Boyce managed Funds SA's private equity, infrastructure and opportunistic property investments ...

Northern Trust hires chief investment strategist

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
The $1.1 trillion global fund manager appointed a new chief investment strategist for three regions including Asia-Pacific. Wouter Sturkenboom will be responsible for designing, implementing and communicating global investment strategy for the firm's ...

FPA award finalists named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 OCT 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia announced the 2018 finalists for its suite of awards, to be presented at its annual Professionals Congress in November. Vying for the title of FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year is ...