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Boutique hires from Ellerston Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
A Melbourne global equities boutique has added to its team with a hire from Ellerston Capital, as it confirms its partnership with Channel Capital. Bell Asset Management has just appointed Melissa Ridley as an institutional client manager. She was most ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
Managers looking to form long-term partnerships with the Future Fund should pay attention to ESG, succession planning and treating the sovereign wealth fund well in times of capital abundance, a Future Fund executive said at a conference in Melbourne ...

FPA launches Tinder for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has launched a new online service to match Australians with their ideal financial adviser. The Match My Planner service is designed to create matches between clients and advisers. The potential clients' ...

Instos flex influence over investee companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
Superannuation funds and fund managers wield significant influence over capital allocation decisions in companies they invest in, research from Monash Business School finds. About 275 Australian institutional investors, the majority of which work in ...

MySuper eyes SMSF stronghold

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... investments like cash and fixed interest. According to the Productivity Commission's final report, some lifecycle products "dial down risk too early," elevating the possibility that members will outlive their savings in retirement. Meanwhile, single-strategy ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The two key financial advice associations have met with the government's new superannuation and financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly ...

DomaCom launches senior equity release product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... sum or monthly payment. DomaCom said by receiving a monthly payment through this product seniors will have flexibility to dial up or down the payments as additional funds are required. When the property is sold in full the vendor and investors receive ...

CBA investigates possible privacy breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Commonwealth Bank confirmed it is undertaking an investigation into a potential privacy breach that may have seen sensitive medical information of CommInsure claimants accessed by employees in other departments of the bank. As reported by the ABC earlier ...

Royal Commission: ASIC rethinks negotiation tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
ASIC chair James Shipton has admitted the corporate regulator was too reliant on negotiating resolutions with financial services firms and flagged litigation could take precedence, the Royal Commission heard. Shipton told counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

Global asset managers sign responsible firearms framework

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
State Street Global Advisors and Nuveen are among the first signatories of a document designed to improve engagement with companies that manufacture, distribute, sell or regulate products within the civilian firearms industry. Thirteen institutional ...