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Perpetual's Parkin resigns, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Perpetual's deputy head of equities Nathan Parkin will step down effective immediately, with his replacement already named. Vince Pezzullo will take on the role, while Parkin's portfolio management responsibilities will be shared between Pezzullo and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Australia employment There's good news and bad news in the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's labour market. The unemployment rate increased to 5.7% in November, the highest rate since August this year and was more ...

Non-aligned advisers gifted growth opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Opportunities for non-aligned financial advisers to provide quality advice are growing as the industry's historically bad behaviour continues to repeat itself. That is the view of the 2016 AFA Practice of the Year Award winner Sam Henderson. Speaking ...

Managed accounts and goals based advice prompts name change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
The rise of managed accounts and goals based advice will see the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) begin 2017 with a rebrand. Now known as the Association of Goals Based Advice (AGBA), the name change is representative of advisers ...

The good and the bad in the Fed rate hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
At long last - after 12 long months of toing and froing speculations - it came to pass. The stars aligned enabling Janet to move nearer from turning almost a decade of abnormal monetary policy into normal. Two days less of a full year, the Fed followed ...

MySuper competition heats up: Rainmaker

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
MySuper is the new high-growth area for retail superannuation funds with attractive offerings competing directly with not-for-profit super funds. Rainmaker's September quarter MySuper report shows MySuper products operated by retail groups like banks ...

Fiducian boosts FUA by $44m

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Fiducian boosted its funds under advice by $44 million after agreeing to acquire two Victorian practices. The total consideration for the practices, which are based in northeast Melbourne and Gippsland, is $720,000. Following the dual acquisition, Fiducian's ...

Forager to launch Australian shares LIT

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Forager Funds Management will list its Australian shares listed investment trust (LIT) on the ASX on Friday. The LIT is a converted form of Forager's Australian Shares Fund. An unusual investment vehicle - and not widely used in Australia - the LIT ...

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Returning to the Australian institutional market last year, US asset manager ClariVest is now employing its emerging markets strategy with an industry superannuation fund. The EM strategy includes securities primarily selected from stocks traded in ...

ME grows tech capabilities via partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
A global technology firm will provide ME Bank with improved capabilities as part of a newly-founded strategic relationship. ME has engaged Capgemini for a period of five years to deliver technology initiatives across the bank as it develops its digital ...