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Milford AM appoints Aussie equities head from CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
New Zealand-based Milford Asset Management has appointed a new head of Australian equities to its Sydney office. Wayne Gentle will commence his role on July 11, and joins Milford AM from Colonial First State Global Asset Management, where he was deputy ...

Bremorsing and Bregretting Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... Mr Farage would not be invited to join the committee negotiating the Brexit." Oh no! The again there's still the high profile Brexiteer and former London mayor, Boris Johnson. But he too is in absentia. Boris, where art thou? Please don't tell me Boris ...

TCorp creates bespoke fund for NSW govt

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... the government to create an investment vehicle that can produce returns commensurate with that level of cash management profile," Deverall said. Deverall also shed light on TCorp's borrowing program, or who buys TCorp's bonds and is funding the NSW government ...

Cbus grows investment strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... director and lead equities research analyst within the ASX Industrials sector. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked at high profile financial institutions including BOA Merrill Lynch, Amba Research and HSBC. Sooriyakumar has over 14 years of experience ...

APRA outlines plans to refocus Appointed Actuary role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... to be a strategic advisor to the board," APRA member Geoff Summerhayes said. The discussion paper follows recent high profile scandals within the insurance industry and on-going industry discussion about how risk advice should be administered in the ...

PIMCO announces global layoffs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... the firm, we believe this conversion is a better outcome for clients as we seek consistent performance with a lower risk profile, while delivering on the objectives of high current yield and long-term capital appreciation," the memo said. The committee's ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... default investment option will target higher potential returns than its current approach while maintaining a similar risk profile. The fund's current 'Moderate' default strategy has a 50:50 split between growth and defensive assets. From July 1, the ...

Midwinter launches online training portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
... location and on any device. Users will be able to train at their own pace and access the portal through an individual profile. Commenting on the launch, chief of technology and executive director, Andrew McClelland said: "Over the last 10 years we've ...

BetaShares launches model portfolio service for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
BetaShares has launched an asset allocation and ETF model portfolio service for its financial adviser clients. The service comprises a modular set of solutions. The first module is a strategic asset allocation (SAA) based on forward-looking expected ...