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Countplus sells back stake in advice firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Commonwealth Bank-owned Countplus has sold its stake in two advice firms to management and senior employees. Employees and principals of Gold Coast firm MBA Partnership have bought back Countplus' 40% interest in the business. A 30% stake of Melbourne-based ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Gloom and doom news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
"Danger, Will Robinson!" Danger! Danger! Pick a stock market, any stock market, chances are it is now in correction territory - Dow, Stoxx 600, FTSE-100, All Ords, Strait Times, Jakarta Composite, Taiex, KLCI, PSEi - or in a bear market -- Hang Seng ...

Kinetic Super chief executive steps down

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Kinetic Super's chief executive stepped down from her role effective immediately and an interim chief executive will be announced shortly. Megan Bolton's departure was mutually agreed between herself and the board, the super fund said in a brief statement ...

AMP names new Charter and ipac managing director

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... has appointed a managing director of Charter and ipac, reporting to AMP group executive advice and banking, Rob Caprioli. Tim Mitchell-Adams will be responsible for leading the Charter, ipac, Jigsaw and SMSF Advice businesses. Mitchell-Adams previously ...

Senior Perpetual Investments manager to retire

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
A senior Perpetual executive will retire at the end of the year, the investment manager has announced. Michael Gordon, group executive for Perpetual Investments, is stepping down after three years with the company and around 30 years in financial services. ...

TAL appoints Macquarie and AMP vets

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
TAL has appointed a chief operating officer and chief general counsel. Justin Delaney joins TAL in the new COO role from Macquarie Bank's banking financial and services group, where he is currently head of wealth products and platforms. Before his current ...

William Blair earns Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
The William Blair Emerging Markets Leaders Fund has received its first rating by research house Lonsec. Lonsec said the fund's strengths include "the manager's history of managing emerging markets portfolios" and also "a quality portfolio management ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
An industry superannuation fund suggests young Australians might want to rethink how they best spend tax returns by considering an additional contribution to their super. Club Plus Super said if a 30-year-old put away half of the average tax refund ...