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Managers pressured by more demanding clients

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... will increase their use of derivatives to hedge against interest rate risk. Managing risk is a major concern for institutions around the world, with 72% of asset managers in the global survey saying their conversations with clients have evolved to focus ...

Centrepoint's wealth business up 10pc

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... supporting independent advisers with quality solutions and advocating for their interests - in a market dominated by institutions - was paying dividends in demand for the group's platforms. Although revenue in the wealth business was down 3% to $31.6 ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... knowing anything about it," he said, adding that family office investors are not subject to the same public scrutiny as institutions and, as a result, can sometimes make unsophisticated decisions. In Australia, "ASIC thinks the Australian family office ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... in the European Cities Fund, for example," he explained. According to Evans, the clear message coming from local institutions is that they are focused on long-term investments that will deliver for members in both accumulation and retirement phases. ...

Instreet grows sales team

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... investors with access to new markets. "He will work closely with our select group of leading international financial institutions to deliver tailored solutions."

Macquarie advisers defect to start independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... Bennelong Wealth Partners is an incubator of advice businesses that helps senior high net worth advisers leave large institutions and set up their own firms. The business has teams in Melbourne and Sydney and is looking to expand into Brisbane. "We are ...

Centrepoint in talks to build ex-insto advice network

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... director John de Zwart put it in a statement, "The days of adviser practices being seen as the distribution arm of large institutions are over." Supporting this, Centrepoint's statement noted it is in talks with "a number of large financial planning ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... give the letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott on August 17, the first day of the next Parliament sitting. Banking institutions supporting the initiative are ANZ, Bank of Queensland, Bank of Melbourne, Bankwest, BT Financial Group, Commonwealth Bank ...

Custody: Revolution or evolution?

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... argued that, like in the world of mobile communications, technology advances and an insatiable need for data would see institutions force their custodians to completely transform themselves. Green said that custodians are going to have to change because ...

Industry fears the Uber of finance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... market and 62% mentioned the need to increase IT investment. "For the finance sector, by decades' end, many financial institutions will no longer just provide a service, but know how much it costs and what it is worth to the organisation. And if there ...