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Homegrown manager bags global award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
The Pengana Asia Special Events Fund won the Excellence in Investment Management award at the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) Asset Management Awards, held last week in Hong Kong, Pengana announced today. The fund, which is managed ...

Telstra Super reappoints David Leggo independent chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
The board of Telstra Super has reappointed of David Leggo as independent chairman of the fund. Leggo is a former Trustee of the Year and was appointed Telstra Super independent chairman for the first time in 2010. During the last few years he has overseen ...

La Trobe scoops global awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Fund manager La Trobe Financial was awarded with two prizes at the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) Global Awards for its wealth management, brokerage and asset management, the fund manager announced. The Australian-based fund was ...

Combined Super gets MySuper approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Combined Super, previously named Combined Fund, received the authorisation from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) to offer a MySuper product. The industry fund for workers in education and related sectors, is one of the first funds ...

Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Recent political and Treasury debate about changes to superannuation should not put doubts into people's minds about its attractiveness as an tax structure within which to invest for their retirement, according to Michael Hutton, head of wealth management ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
The Australian stock market has opened flat, with strong gains in consumer discretionary stocks offset by weakness in mining-related sectors. At 1027 AEDT on Monday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 4.1 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 4,967.2 points ...

Social media a counter-balance to info overload

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
Financial advisers can achieve immediate wins in the social media stakes if they only bother to properly service existing clients, ensure their LinkedIn profile is built efficiently, and overcome their fear of making a video. That was one of the key ...

New BDM for AUI

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Australian Unity Investments has appointed Shaun Thomas as NSW and ACT business development manager. Thomas joins AUI from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he was associate director - key accounts and research relationships. He has also held client ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification program, reported that the global number of CFP professionals jumped from 139,818 at year-end 2011 to 147,822 12 months later. At the ...

New head of Insto sales at La Trobe

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
Melbourne-based fund manager La Trobe Financial has appointed former ASF Group executive director Sally Humphris as its new head of institutional sales. After running third-party distributor ASF Group, and holding several senior management positions ...