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BTFG posts solid result

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
BT Financial Group's 7% rise in earnings growth has boosted Westpac's first half 2015 results. Growing funds under management and under administration by 26% and 17% respectively contributed to the performance of the wealth creation division of the ...

ASIC takes SMSF business to court

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
ASIC has launched legal action against a company which is advertising 'free SMSF setup' online. The regulator wants financial penalties and orders to stop Superannuation Warehouse Australia (SWA) from making the claim on two of its websites: superannuationwarehouse.com.au ...

Legalsuper finds savings in manager reshuffle

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
Industry super fund legalsuper has replaced a number of high profile fund managers in its investment manager line-up. Perennial (cash and enhanced cash), Colonial First State (global credit), Integrity (Australian equities), Platinum (overseas equities) ...

Suspended SIV scheme raised $3bn

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
More than $3 billion has been invested in Australia via the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) program, which was temporarily suspended last week. Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection statistics show that $3.255 billion has been invested ...

ASIC bans incompetent adviser

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
ASIC has banned a Sydney-based adviser for three years for failing to keep records. The regulator said Lionsgate Financial Group adviser Atish Prasa, from Westmead, was not adequately trained or competent to provide a financial service. He also broke ...

Negative Chinese news clouding opportunity: Wells Capital

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
A focus on dividends and the country's increasing weight in global indices mean Wells Capital emerging markets equity portfolio manager Alison Shimada is relaxed about negative media coverage and investor sentiment in China. Shimada says financial deregulation ...

BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The BetaShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF has become the fund provider's seventh vehicle to be awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The fund, which has the ASX code QUS, was launched in January and aims to track the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 ...

Sunsuper appoints institutional, sales execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... solutions at National Australia Bank (NAB), where he worked for over two years. Before that, he held several roles at Plum. Mike Smith will be Sunsuper's national manager of corporate sales and will lead the business development team and focus on winning ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The great quantitative easing experiment has escaped the high levels of inflation that many experts predicted it would bring, but it has also failed to bring much growth, says Janus Capital chief investment officer of equities and asset allocation Enrique ...

EQT sets up WA estate planning service

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... up an estate planning service in Western Australia and has appointed a Perth-based estate planning solicitor. Stephanie Smith is the first member of the EQT estate planning team in WA, but the organisation is looking to make further appointments in the ...