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CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Bedlam Asset Management has been forced to close following the surprise departure of chief investment officer Ian McCallum. According to a note published on the London-based fund manager's website, McCallum left "without warning" to take up a role in ...

Market Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
The stock market has opened flat, as weakness in banking stocks overshadows a positive lead from overseas. Markets in Europe and the US rose overnight, but there was an early negative tone on the local market, CMC Markets chief market strategist Michael ...

Investors complacent of inflation risk

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
Investors should prepare their portfolios for rising prices now, before the price of inflation protection products soars, a senior QIC portfolio manager has warned. With global economic conditions improving, central banks are expected to start unwinding ...

QSuper's Vilgan wins top business women's award

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013

Sinodinos hints at relaxing conflicted remuneration rules

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has suggested that some forms of remuneration currently regarded as conflicted may be allowed under the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. In a pre-recorded interview with Association ...

Henderson acquires hedge fund manager H3 Global Advisors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
Australian and UK-listed fund manager Henderson Global Investors has acquired Australian and London-based alternative investment manager H3 Global Advisors. Henderson has acquired 100% of the equity of H3 Global Advisors though the exact terms were ...

TAL appoints head of retail claims

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
TAL has appointed former ANZ/OnePath executive Emlyn Pugh as head of retail claims. Pugh headed up life insurance claims management for ANZ/OnePath for over three years and previously at Comminsure where for 12 years his responsibilities ran across ...

Half of all SMSF assets in retirement phase

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Around half of $506 billion held in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) are in retirement assets, according to new research from DEXX&R. According to the research house's report, $296 billion is currently held in the retirement phase, supporting ...

UBS grants advisers access to industry funds

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
UBS Australia has upgraded the direct to member platform it provides to industry super funds to allow advisers to act directly on a member's behalf. Members will be able to approve or cease adviser access to their account at any time as well as authorise ...

Transaction-based fees hurt private banking clients

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific head of private banking Francesco de Ferrari has criticised the industry's commonplace transaction-based fee structures for not being in clients' best interests. He told Financial Standard that charging clients when they ...