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AZ NGA acquires $410m advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has taken a 51% stake in a Sydney advice firm. The agreement to acquire Chatswood-based Wise Planners includes a 49% share swap with a 10-year progressive buy-back agreement, and follows AZ NGA's acquisitions of ...

Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
Despite succumbing to heightened financial market volatility in August and September, the Japanese equity market remains an outperformer. From January through to yesterday, 21 October, the Nikkei-225 index has risen by 6.3%. While down from the 19.4% ...

VicSuper lets members hold super in their hands

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
VicSuper's latest engagement campaign allows members to literally hold their super in their hands, with the help of a detail of security guards a big vault of cash. "Whether they've got $10,000 or $800,000 in superannuation they'll be able to connect ...

Steve Helmich joins Affinia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
TAL has made two key appointments to its Affinia risk advice team. Steve Helmich has been made chair of Affinia, having joined from AMP, where he was, most recently, executive director of financial planning. Commenting on his appointment, Helmich said ...

FSI retirement response receives support

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Both Mercer and Challenger have backed the federal government's decision to support the development of Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs). Announcing its response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) today, the government has accepted ...

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Despite intense focus on indexed exchange traded funds (ETF), indexed FUM is still 95% sourced from traditional non-ETF indexed mandates and managed funds. Rainmaker has just released its annual state of play wrap of the indexed FUM market and found ...

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure (GLI) fund is now available for investment through Asgard, BT Wrap, Macquarie Wrap and Netwealth. The news comes shortly after the fund was awarded a 'Recommended' by Zenith Partners, a '4 Star Superior' ...

Property spruiker banned for providing unlawful advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
The Supreme Court of NSW has restrained a property business for providing unlawful advice to clients who wanted to purchase investment properties through an SMSF. The judge found that Park Trent Properties Group had been unlawfully carrying on a financial ...

Perpetual sees institutional outflows

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Perpetual has experienced net outflows of around $700 million as a result of institutional investors rebalancing funds away from Australian equities. The fund manager announced that its funds under management as at 30 September 2015 were $28.4 billion ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...