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Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
A room full of finance professionals tackled tricky case studies at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Forum in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Technical services professionals from IOOF and BT Financial Group presented case studies based on two ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets. In partnership with the Canadian government ...

Avaloq expands Australian footprint, appoints senior roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Global financial services software provider Avaloq, which boasts clients such as BT Financial Group and Crestone Wealth Management, is ramping up expansion initiatives in Australia with two senior appointments. Anantha Ayer has been appointed general ...

BTFG boss backs PC super proposals

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
BT Financial Group supports key recommendations of the Productivity Commission's most recent superannuation report, saying the Westpac-owned business would welcome moving away from an "open market" MySuper model. BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper ...

HUB24 launches portfolio management tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
HUB24 will roll out a new tool that will give portfolio managers the ability to respond quickly to changing market conditions. Progressive Portfolio Implementation (PPI) gives portfolio managers the flexibility to allocate new client money at different ...

Asset manager welcomes new hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
A multi-affiliate asset management firm has made two additions to its distribution and operations teams, including a former Colonial First State executive. Alan Kenny has joined Ironbark Asset Management as head of client solutions. Kenny was most recently ...

Former adviser faces fraud charges

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
A former financial adviser permanently banned by ASIC in 2016 has appeared in court, charged with $5.9 million of fraud. Ben Jayaweera has been charged with six counts of fraud for allegedly causing detriment to clients whilst an authorised representative ...

MetLife Australia chief to lead industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
The chief executive of MetLife's Australian life insurance business has been appointed chief executive of a $90 billion industry superannuation fund. Deanne Stewart will succeed Michael Dwyer as chief executive of First State Super when he steps ...

Pendal appoints head of investment services

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
Pendal Group has appointed a head of investment services and program office. Justin Howell joins Pendal from LeapFrog Investments, where he was a director. Prior to that, he was investments head of strategy and operations at First State Super. He was ...

Advisers struggling with SMSF diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Only one in five financial advisers consider clients' self-managed superannuation funds to be well diversified. The 2018 SMSF Insights Paper - a collaboration between Investment Trends, BT Financial Group and the SMSF Association - shows that despite ...