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Former Link general manager joins Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mercer appointed a senior client manager responsible for overseeing industry and public sector fund clients from Link Group. Paul Giles joins Mercer's Sydney office as a partner on June 11. He will be helping trustees provide more value to members amid ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has labelled the 600 advisers sitting the first exam as "brave", fearing they are underprepared. Anderson believes the advisers taking the exam in the first ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Female financial advice clients aren't getting the support they need from financial advisers, putting client books at risk. Appearing at the Sydney leg of the Association of Financial Advisers' National Roadshow yesterday, financial adviser and 2018 ...

Russell Investments names wholesale partnerships lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
Russell Investments has hired a new head of wholesale partnerships to help grow the firm's footprint in the managed accounts space. Neil Rogan joined the fund manager last month, reporting to managing director for Australia Jodie Hampshire. Sydney-based ...

Impact investing an advice opportunity: Expert

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
An impact investing expert believes the principle offers financial advisers with an opportunity to engage people who might deem investing to be too complex for them. Speaking in Sydney yesterday, WHEB Asset Management managing partner George Latham ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Chief operating officer joins platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A platform with $3 billion under administration has welcomed its new chief operating officer to the fold. Nigel Singh will lead Integrated Portfolio Solutions' operations, where he will work closely with the technology team and oversee sales efforts ...

New tax-effective Aussie shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
A Sydney boutique that says the highest bracket of tax payers can lose 40% of the returns on their Aussie shares portfolio to taxes has launched a new fund aiming to solve the problem. Redpoint Investment Management is starting a quantitative equities ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...

Alternatives manager adds former Morningstar head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
A global alternative beta fund manager has added a former Morningstar head of alternative investments to its Australian team. Capital Fund Management appointed Craig Stanford as director of investor relations for the firm's US$9.7 billion Australian ...