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PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...

BT health score helping claimants back to work

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
A health score introduced by BT a year ago to help its insurance claimants get back into the workforce is showing strong signs of being a success. Introduced in July 2015, BT's health outcome measure assesses a person on a number of health aspects including ...

Half of SMSFs set for super change slug

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
If the government's proposed changes to superannuation go through, keeping any excess funds over the $1.6 million cap in accumulation is likely to be more beneficial than withdrawing it from superannuation altogether. That's according to modelling by ...

Sustainable office trust attracts major new investor

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Uniting Financial Services (UFS) has joined the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to drive Australia's commercial property sector towards a higher-performance future. UFS, the Treasury and Investment Services arm of the Uniting Church in Australia ...

Major tenant extends lease at Cromwell property

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Global real estate investment manager, Cromwell Property Group, has confirmed that the Bureau of Meteorology has extended its lease at 700 Collins Street, Melbourne for a further 10 years. The Bureau of Meteorology occupies approximately 15,500 square ...

ATO resource targets illegal pension schemes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has launched a new initiative aimed at educating advisers and pre-retirees about the potential pitfalls of retirement planning schemes. Super Scheme Smart - which forms part of the ATO's broader focus on tax avoidance ...

PIMCO hires real estate strategist

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
PIMCO has appointed a real estate strategist to be based in its New York office. Paul Vosper joins the firm's 49-strong real estate team as an executive vice president and real estate strategist reporting to Jennifer Bridwell, managing director and ...

UBS Microcap fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
The UBS Microcap fund has been approved for inclusion on all the menus on adviser platform Macquarie Wrap. Established only 18 months ago, the UBS Microcap Fund gives investors access to an actively managed, diversified portfolio with some of the fastest ...

Wealth division overhauled in latest NAB restructure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
Three members of NAB's executive leadership team will leave the company following an extensive organisational restructure which sees wealth management and personal banking brought under the same division. Group executive personal banking Gavin Slater ...

Trust ahead of returns for member retention

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Members who have changed jobs since joining Equip have for the first time ranked trust ahead of investment returns as the reason for sticking with the fund. In Equip's 2016 member survey conducted by CoreData, just over a third of these 730 members ...