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Share market risk returns are a lucky dip: Challenger

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
Investing in equities over government bonds is equivalent to taking a spin on the wheel of fortune according to research published jointly by Challenger and Drew, Walk & Co. The research says equity risk premiums (ERP) - the additional equity return ...

NAB Asset Management appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2015
... Asset Management executive general manager Garry Mulcahy added, "I am pleased to announce Bernard in the newly created role of COO for NAB Asset Management. "Throughout his career Bernard has focused on driving and implementing effective business strategy ...

SMSFs welcome no dumping of LRBAs

DARREN SNYDER  |  SUNDAY, 8 NOV 2015
The Self-managed Independent Superannuation Funds Association (SISFA) said it will work with the federal government to ensure SMSFs can take advantage of future retirement income developments. Yesterday the government said it will support the Financial ...

GBST partners with MSCI for after-tax services

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
Listed wealth management platform provider GBST has formed a partnership with MSCI to expand global equities after-tax calculation services at the indexing firm. The collaboration will, for the first time, see after-tax calculations made available on ...

Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Westpac increased net profit by 6% to $8 billion over FY2015, driven largely by its partial sale of BT Investment Management. In its full-year results, the bank reported "a number of significant infrequent items that in aggregate increased net profit" ...

Perpetual grows global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Perpetual Investments has appointed two analysts to its global equities team as it looks to grow its global equities strategy. Tim Cheung joins from Morphic Asset Management, where he was principal and head of research. Cheung has 11 years' of equities ...

Culture is the 'glue' that drives growth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
An advice business with the right vision and the right structure but with the wrong culture is destined to fail, research has found. Organisational leadership expert David Peake, chief executive of Team Gene, said at the AFA conference in Cairns this ...

IAG appoints COO from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
IAG has appointed a new chief operating officer. Mark Milliner joins the IAG executive team from Suncorp, where he was chief executive personal insurance. He has held numerous other roles at the $17 billion insurance group since 1994, including general ...

Futuro makes five key appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Futuro has appointed four new planners and a client service coordinator across its aligned practices. Manly Financial Services in Sydney has appointed a senior strategy and research adviser, Brisbane-based iPlan has hired a planner, and Stablewealth ...

FSI response fans default super flames

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
The government calling for another review of default super in its response to the Financial System Inquiry has inflamed the on-going row between the industry and retail segments of super. Industry fund body Industry Super Australia has questioned the ...