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Don't blame "churning" on advisers: Synchron

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... (which in turn eliminates the alleged nexus between high upfront commission and bad advice) by introducing longer responsibility periods. However, in Australia insurers have declined to act and are seeking Government intervention or regulation and blaming ...

La Trobe reshuffles senior executive team

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... estate credit division. Replacing Williams as chief investment officer will be vice president Chris Andrews, with responsibility for running all aspects of La Trobe Financial's funds management division. Andrews was formerly head of funds management ...

Chief executive steps down at AWI

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... Investor. Ron Hodge, the current head of InvestSMART, will be appointed as chief operating officer of AWI with responsibility for digital properties.

STOXX enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... office in Sydney. Jonathan Morgan has been appointed STOXX regional director and will head the Sydney office, with responsibility for STOXX operations in Australia and New Zealand and reporting to STOXX head of Asia Pacific Shirley Low. Morgan has over ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... 14 years at Platinum Mitchell was a portfolio manager of the flagship Platinum International Fund. He also had responsibility for the Platinum Unhedged Fund (Jan 07 to May 14), achieving 6% per annum outperformance after fees and for the Platinum Japan ...

PIMCO brings distribution in-house

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
... operations of its Australian fund business. Equity Trustees, which previously handled fund distribution, will transfer responsibility over to PIMCO over the coming months, though it will continue to act as the responsible entity for PIMCO's funds. PIMCO ...

Economic growth to slow significantly: IGR

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... jobs and opportunity. We also need to make choices today to prepare for the future," the report said. "We have a responsibility to plan and budget not only for today, but for tomorrow. But we are currently living beyond our means." The Australian Government ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... in state managers for Victoria and Queensland. Stefan Vadamootoo, who has been with Spring FG since 2012, takes responsibility for Victoria while Michael Oren has been appointed state manager for Queensland. Prior to joining the company, Vadamootoo was ...

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... environment they need to monitor their investment mandates much more closely than they did when such tasks were the responsibility of their external asset consultants. Another driver is that non-correlated returns from alternative investments becoming ...

Allow couples to hold joint super accounts: Rice Warner

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
... benefits of a self-managed super fund (SMSF). This might appeal to those members who want the flexibility but not the responsibility of running an SMSF," Rice Warner said. It also proposed that employers contribute 2% more to female employees' superannuation ...