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NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
NAB has appointed a New South Wales general manager to its private wealth division. Jason Murray joins the company from UK listed mining firm Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank ...

Higher adviser education standards boost CFP demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The demand for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification program has increased by 100%, following the big institutions' initiative to increase the minimum education standards for financial advisers. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

Goodbye QE, hello QQE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
"You say stop and I say go go go, oh no You say goodbye and I say hello Hello hello" -- The Beatles Just as the Fed concluded QE3, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) served up the biggest trick or treat this Halloween by expanding its QQE. The trick. Not even ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The suspense is chillingly killing... you could almost taste it by just looking at Wall Street's performance last night. It was decidedly undecided. Two ups and two downs. The Dow and the Nasdaq both finished 0.1% on the up while the S&P 500 and the ...

AMP Capital wins large Australian equity mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
Nikko Asset Management Australia has awarded AMP Capital a $175 million mandate to manage a concentrated equity portfolio on behalf of its multi-manager team. The mandate is managed by AMP Capital's co-head of Australian Fundamental Equities, Gian Pandit. ...

Federation Alliance appoints acting CEO

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Platform provider Federation Alliance has appointed former AMP SMSF specialist Alan Kenny as its acting chief executive officer, based in Sydney. The company said it has created the role following strong growth since it was founded last year. The business ...

FTSE and ASFA launch Australian bond indices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
FTSE Group has collaborated with the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) to launch a set of fixed income benchmarks covering the various segments of the Australian bond market. The FTSE ASFA Australia Bond Index Series will provide ...

BT Super for Life launches video member statements

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
BT Super for Life customers will now receive their annual statement in the form of a tailored video, BT has announced. BT has claimedA the video as "an Australian first" and said members would receive a two-and-a-half-minute personalised video, addressing ...

Paradigm acquires Melbourne-based practice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Melbourne-based advisory firm Paradigm Wealth Management has almost doubled its funds under advice to $350 million following the acquisition of independent planning practice, Portfolio Managers. The acquisition, which was completed recently following ...

Young adults know very little about super

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Young adults are 'unengaged' by and 'uninterested' in superannuation and most show no knowledge of even the most basic facts. That's according to a new survey of nearly a thousand 25-34 year olds by the Centre for International Finance and Regulation ...