The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has named the two independent directors who will be replacing the outgoing Kathryn Greiner and David Elsum.
Ipac hunts for CIO after Dutton transfers to Axa
A search is about to begin for a new chief investment officer at ipac Securities replacing Mark Dutton who will assume a full-time CIO role at Axa Australia.
Lonsdale to take extra risk
Lonsdale, the dealer group 70 per cent owned by Zurich, is about to start writing risk business in-house.
Bravura proposes one platform to rule them all
Bravura Solutions is consolidating its recent acquisitions into a ‘next generation’ platform which it plans to launch in October. The platform will be for the entire financial services industry and already has a number of seed clients, according to the group’s new chief technology officer, Enda Mahoney.
IBM enters funds management game
IBM Australia has entered the funds management industry following the decision announced yesterday for Russell Investment Group to exit member administration.
Queensland planning group brings in the big guns
The transition from partner in large corporate accounting firms to running a relatively tiny financial planning operation has been an exciting one for Paul Bodimeade. He now heads up the medium sized financial services firm Managed Financial Strategy but the Queensland-based business has greater ambitions
MLC on commodities: maybe this time it’s different
While Australia’s fortunes have been closely linked to commodity prices over the very long term, Australian investors have been wary of commodities as an asset class – perhaps until now. MLC has issued a briefing note as to whether the latest bull market in commodities is a fad or here to stay.
Goldman Sachs JBWere Australian Infrastructure Wholesale Fund
GSJBWere launch an Australian-domiciled managed investment fund offering investors access to a portfolio of high-yielding listed infrastructure assets.
QIC launch 2 funds for wholesale investors; a multi strategy fund…
QIC Tactical Return Fund
and a diversified multi-manager, multi-strategy fund
QIC Global Macro Fund
Australia to have top bond market – Mercer’s worldwide survey
The Australian bond market is expected to outperform all others this year, according to an annual survey of investment managers conducted by Mercer Investment Consulting.
AAS poach staff to capitalise on market convergence
Australian Administration Services (AAS) has expanded its management team with the appointment of a new head of business development, chief information officer and manager of service delivery.
