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Forager senior analyst to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
Forager Funds Management is seeking an investment analyst to assist in the management of its Australian Shares Fund, following the resignation of a senior analyst. According to an ASX announcement, senior equities analyst Daniel Mueller tendered his ...

Family office manager expands

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... quantitative component of a futures hedge fund. His previous experience includes a multi-manager portfolio management role with Funds SA. Raechel Strong also joins the firm as an investment analyst. She was previously an associate for boutique investment ...

Morningstar downgrades Franklin Templeton parent rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Morningstar has downgraded its parent pillar assessment for Franklin Templeton US funds from positive to neutral following concerns about "massive outflows" and an "investment culture given to complacency," according to senior analyst Alec Lucas. The ...

Vanguard appoints three distribution heads

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... development manager. Rebecca Pope has been appointed head of intermediary, where she will oversee distribution of managed funds and ETFs via intermediary channels. Before this role, she was sales excellence and planning manager and a marketing manager ...

First Super halts private equity investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... fund said, due to concerns about poor labour practices exhibited by companies in which it is invested via private equity funds, including Urban Purveyor Group, OSH Club and Aero-Care. Depending on the findings of the review, First Super may completely ...

AZ NGA firm procures consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... advisory firm. The purchase of Northbridge Financial Consulting from Northbridge Financial Solutions brings the total value of funds under advice for Wise Planners, trading as Lifestyle Financial Services, to more than $1.4 billion. Northbridge Financial ...

Of war, rate hikes and balance sheets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... the economy continued to perform about as expected, most participants anticipated that gradual increases in the federal funds rate would continue and judged that a change to the committee's reinvestment policy would likely be appropriate later this year." ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and until recently, Australia. The decision to close CoAssets' crowdfunding and funds management businesses in Australia followed a review of the company's international operations, which determined that any further ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... the ISWG include appropriate governance arrangements be put in place by each super fund in relation to claims handling; funds should proactively take measures to ensure that the fund and insurer claims philosophy is sufficiently aligned with member obligations ...

Philanthropy report offers valuable insights for NFPs: Perpetual

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... part of a program run by the Department of Social Services. Perpetual, one of Australia's largest managers of philanthropic funds, welcomed the launch of the Giving Australia 2016 report. The report notes how the area of social impact investing is starting ...