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Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... investment teams to ensure that we continue to focus on the needs of our clients and actively support investors and institutions in their efforts to better growing and managing their assets in this important market." Prior to joining Fidelity, DeVoy ...

Perpetual appoints distribution GM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... important role. "Under Matt's leadership Perpetual's standing with financial advisers - those working within large institutions as well as independent advisers - has strengthened significantly, with client advocacy at an historic high and at market leading ...

Strategy Steps sold to knowIT

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... no other product like Desk Caddie in the market, and it has no direct competition. It is used by major financial institutions with 73 corporate clients. It is already used by 4000 advisers in Australia but there is still opportunity to embed Strategy ...

Private capital industry growing at record speed

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... capital funds have raised $69 billion in total. Its return profile has proven attractive to the 61% of Australian institutions that invest in alternatives; since 2000, Australian-domiciled private equity funds have delivered an average net-of-fees internal ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Dunsford reinforced his belief that the LIF holds no benefit to consumers and has been forced by the banks and financial institutions seeking to eliminate competition and "further line their own pockets". "At the moment the LIF totally favours the banks ...

Lonsec offloads broking business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... support the growing trend of new wealth advisory firms being established by previous employees of large financial institutions." The stockbroking business will be transitioned to its new, FinClear branding in due course.

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... that the new products "offer Australian investors the same opportunities that were once only accessible to large institutions, in a low cost, convenient and transparent manner. "BlackRock is a leader in smart beta, with over 30 years of expertise constructing ...

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... of Australia's big four banks has been labelled "strange" by former Prime Minister John Howard, who heralded the institutions as one of four pillars that guided Australia through the Global Financial Crisis. Howard was the first plenary speaker to address ...

Infrastructure debt funds reaching 2012 highs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... total). The average fund close in 2015 raised roughly US$826 million. Most infrastructure debt investors are large institutions; Preqin noted that over half of investors in these funds held over US$10 billion in assets under management. "Infrastructure ...

ASIC bans Deutsche Bank trader

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... services industry who engages in conduct that undermines this integrity." "This action is also a reminder to financial institutions to ensure that they have the right systems, people and processes in place to monitor trading conduct and detect and address ...