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Vanguard makes senior hire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has appointed a new head of legal and compliance. Ashley Warmbrand, formerly head of risk and audit governance at NAB, will commence with the fund manager in October. With over 15 years' experience in financial and professional services ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... slight increase from last year and represents the first uptick in SMSFs use of financial planners since 2007. Vanguard Australia head of distribution, Michael Lovett, said under new licensing rules the roles of accountants and financial advisers were ...

Vanguard appoints ex-Macquarie division director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... Asgard. He has also held roles at BT Financial Group and St George. In Financial Standard's recent profile of Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton, it was noted that in recent years there has been a major structural shift in the institutional ...

Lifeplan increases investment bond options

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Investment bond specialist Lifeplan is rolling out eight new investment options and an additional rebate tier across its NextGen suite as part of a surging interest in the product. Head of Lifeplan, Matt Walsh, said proposed changes to superannuation ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

Vanguard launches Australian corporate bond ETF

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Vanguard Australia has launched a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that offers investors a broadly diversified portfolio of quality corporate bonds. The Vanguard Australian Corporate Fixed Interest Index ETF (ASX: VACF) offers access to around 260 investment-grade ...

Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... 2013-2015 period, growing their share of the market by 3% to make up around 16% of ETF assets, totaling $3 billion. Vanguard Australia head of ETF capital markets, Damien Sherman, said one trend driving the growth of ETF use in the institutional space ...

Employer fiduciary responsibility could halve super fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... global head of the specialist low cost index fund manager, who is in the country to mark the 20th anniversary of Vanguard Australia, said relatively simple steps could half the fees most members pay for their retirement savings architecture. "The strength ...

ETF revenue doubling every 18 months

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
It is well known that the Exchanged Traded Fund (ETF) market is continuing to power ahead with enviable inflows every month. Even more impressive is that this has been achieved against a backdrop of negative market returns. One of the attractions of ...

Vanguard Australian Shares leads monthly ETF inflows

JOHN DYALL  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Apart from the phenomenal growth of around 50% in the past 12 months taking total funds invested in exchange traded products to more than $20 billion, the big theme has been the reallocation of capital from Australian equities to international equities. ...