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Findex brings family office to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
Findex has launched an integrated wealth management service aimed at bringing the family office model out of the domain of the ultra-rich. Suitably named Family Office, the new service aims to provide a "single point of contact" for all aspects of wealth ...

Reduced contribution cap hurts women, self-employed workers: SMSFA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said a reduced concessional contribution cap will disproportionately affect older workers, in particular women and those who are self-employed. Following the release of SMSF Association/Rice Warner research ...

Midwinter extends partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Financial planning software provider Midwinter is extending its partnership with a financial data company. The renewed partnership with InvestmentLink allows Midwinter to add client-authorised data feeds to the existing 600 feeds in its data source ...

Cities over countries for TH Real Estate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Understanding local, long-term structural trends is key to preserving investment value and unlocking performance growth in cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific, according to TH Real Estate. The firm's head of global research Alice Breheny ...

Morgan Stanley chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
Steve Harker has stepped down as chief executive of Morgan Stanley Australia. Harker is one of the longest standing financial services chief executives, having been in the top job for 18 years after assuming the role in 1998. Succeeding Harker is Richard ...

StatePlus appoints new CEO, boosts board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
StatePlus has appointed a new chief executive. Graeme Arnott has been acting chief executive since the business was acquired by First State Super in June. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer at FSS; he took this role having previously spent ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Risk advisers must accept controversial reforms are about salvaging consumer trust and should unite to rebuild it rather than drive the industry apart, a panel of insurance industry stakeholders said on day two of the AFA's annual conference. Risk adviser ...

Mercer appoints commercialisation director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Mercer has appointed a new director of commercialisation. Ric Lamont joins Mercer from Rachael Robertson, where he was a partner - business development. Prior to that, he was principal and general manager business services at The Nous Group and chief ...

Funds management giants in historic merger

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Two major global managers have agreed to an all-stock merger of equals. Henderson and Janus Capital, post-merger, will be known as Janus Henderson Global Investors. The combined entity will represent over US$320 billion in assets under management and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 104.1 in September from an upwardly revised 101.8 in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the ...