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Copia appoints state manager from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Boutique investment manager Copia Investment Partners has appointed a state manager, Northern region. Angela Vincent joins Copia from Colonial First State, where she was a strategic account manager. She has also held senior roles at Perpetual and Next ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
Central banks worldwide will continue easing trends in a disinflationary global environment, according to RBC Capital Market chief economist and head of Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in ...

CBA says most customers received appropriate advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The fourth update on CBA's Open Advice Review has been released, which the bank said is evidence that the "majority of customers" assessed so far received appropriate advice. The report, prepared by Promontory Financial Group, is based on the nearly ...

Equip drops super fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... 2016. Fee and cost cuts at the $7 billion fund have come from investment fee reductions for all Equip investment options except cash, and from the removal of the 0.08% operational risk levy that has applied since August 2013 to build fund reserves. For ...

AustralianSuper chief calls for man on the moon moment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has called for the superannuation industry to have a grand ambition that includes delivering every Australian an adequate retirement income. Delivering an oration at the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

CBA refunds $80m for failing to apply discounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will refund about $80 million to around 216,000 Wealth Package customers as a compensation for failing to apply fee waivers, interest concessions and other benefits since 2008. The Wealth Package offered benefits such as interest ...

ME Bank CIO moves to Pillar

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
ME Bank chief information officer has been appointed executive general manager of information technology (IT) at Pillar Administration. Kathryn Hawkins will be responsible for the business' transformation project, currently underway, as well as for ...

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

Paradigm appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
Paradigm Group, an investment advisory group that focuses exclusively on executives, professionals and business owners, has appointed a new chief executive. Bill Danaher joins Paradigm from Industry Fund Services, where he was also chief executive. ...

Robo revolution to benefit human advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
Digital advice tools should be seen as an opportunity, not a threat for the traditional advice market in the United States, according to the UB-based global analytics firm Cerulli Associates. "Many industry stakeholders assume that ongoing advances ...