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Record crowd rocks FICAP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) raised more than $200,000 at its 11th annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?' fundraiser last night. Heavy rains couldn't dampen the spirits of FICAP's record crowd of more than 900 who rocked out in ...

CBA CFO to retire, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank group chief financial officer David Craig will step down from the role at the close of the financial year, with the bank naming his successor. In announcing Craig's retirement, CBA chief executive Ian Narev described him as a linchpin ...

Panorama fortifies BTFG adviser market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
BT Financial Group's mammoth financial outlay in upgrading its wealth management platform will generate cost savings of $100 million per year with benefits for financial advisers and investors. BTFG head of product development Anil Sagaram said it's ...

OC partners for micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
OC Funds Management partnered to launch a new fund targeting Australian and New Zealand companies with a market cap of less than $350 million. The OC Micro-Cap FUnd, launched with Copia Investment Partners, was previously known as the OC Concentrated ...

Citi boosts wealth team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Citi is expanding its wealth management business with four new hires. Danica Hampton joins Citi as head of investment specialists. Prior to this role she was head of currency overlay and solution sales at NAB; and global markets research senior strategist ...

Auscap added to Macquarie Wrap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Auscap Asset Management's flagship fund is now available on the Macquarie Wrap platform across both investment manager and super manager menus. The Auscap Long Short Australian Equity Fund targets absolute risk-adjusted returns, and invests in companies ...

Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... funds and fund managers to sign a statement in support of a Modern Slavery Act in Australia. The statement will form part of PRI's submission to the federal parliament Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, which is holding an ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
Australia's declining home ownership rate has become so serious that it is imposing a significant threat to the adequacy of Australia's retirement income system, according to a new report. If the trend continues retirees will be increasingly forced ...

Confidently improving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
With one political uncertainty removed - last week's Dutch elections where Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) defeated the far-right leader Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom (PVV), indicating the rejection ...

'Retire ready' is more than a large super balance

EMMA RAPAPORT, STEPHEN FAY  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
Satisfaction in retirement is a function of more than financial security, with other factors equal or more powerful in driving overall satisfaction, according to presenters at this years' Conference of Major Super Funds. At a session on retirement and ...