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Phone usage reveals opportunity for financial services

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
Fifteen per cent of Australians check their phones more than 50 times a day, according to the latest survey from Deloitte, which the company says highlights the huge opportunity for financial services providers to improve mobile offerings. The inaugural ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Reserve Bank is increasingly likely to defy consensus and cut the official cash rate in 2015, according to global asset manager AllianceBernstein. Consensus expectations of a 2015 rate rise are based on the assumption that a downturn in resources ...

ACFS appoints execs from ANZ and EY

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) has appointed two senior executives from the financial services industry. Amy Auster joins as deputy director from ANZ, where for most of the last decade she worked as an economist, strategist senior ...

Countplus appoints CEO, rejigs board

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... year." At an annual general meeting yesterday, board director Graeme Fowler was elected deputy chairman, while director David Smith resigned after four years in the role. The board decided not to replace him in the short term. Lambert confirmed his intention ...

Inflows from overseas double in four years

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
Funds flowing into Australian managed investment trusts from overseas have doubled from $20 billion to $40 billion since 2010, according to a new report by Perpetual and the Financial Services Council. The jointly published 2014 Australian Investment ...

ME Bank appoints new CIO

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
ME Bank has appointed a new chief information officer from GE Capital Group. Mark Gay will commence in the role on 27 January 2015 following the departure of current CIO Kathryn Hawkins, who will finish in November 2014. The bank said the appointment ...

Standard Life Inv strengthens strategy team

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Global investment manager Standard Life Investments has bolstered its global strategy team with the appointment of two executives. Chris Faulkner-MacDonagh joins as market strategist and Alex Wolf has been appointed as emerging markets economist. Both ...

Anne Street Partners beefs up risk and compliance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Financial planning and advice firm, Anne Street Partners, has appointed a legal expert from Centric Wealth. Lisa Hayes joins the company as general counsel and head of legal, risk and compliance. In this role she will be responsible for developing ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems the world of investing has it in for active managers. ...

Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Australian super funds are fast out-growing the domestic real estate market and the largest will soon join the likes of AustralianSuper and the Future Fund in acquiring large overseas assets directly, according to real estate investment manager TIAA ...