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Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
First State Super will be the first of Pillar Administration's clients to roll out a full migration to superannuation and investment software program Acurity. Yesterday Financial Synergy said it would implement Acurity across Pillar Administration's ...

SMAs ideal for low-touch clients

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
Separately managed accounts are the ideal solution for clients with lower balances from both a practice management and client outcome perspective, according to research by JBWere. The JBWere/Investment Trends 2015 SMA Report, based on an online survey ...

Cameron Harrison added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
The Cameron Harrison Anglo-Atlantic Mainstreet Equity Model has been added to the Morningstar Separate Accounts database and the Powerwrap platform. The model, which the investment team have managed since it was set up in 2007, is an international equities ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

IOOF chair calls for ASIC funding

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
IOOF chair Roger Sexton has called for Government to provide further funding to ASIC so the regulator can handle whistleblowers more efficiently. Speaking at the Senate Economics References Committee's Scrutiny of financial advice hearing in Sydney ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Meetings between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and company boards are considered good value yet the workload placed on boards by the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking ...

New SMAs at MLC increasing exponentially

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Three separately managed accounts (SMAs) added to the MLC Wrap and Navigator platforms have had a combined intake of more than $7 million since their launch in May. The launch of the Antares Listed Property, JBWere Listed Fixed Income and Redpoint Industrials ...

Temporary trial separation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

Glass-Steagall Act reintroduced to US Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
The Glass-Steagall Act that used to require US banking groups to separate their traditional activities from their investment management activities has been re-introduced into the US Senate. The legislation has been sponsored by GOP, Democrat and Independent ...

Peters MacGregor makes marquee hire

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Peters MacGregor Capital Management has appointed a head of distribution from Aberdeen Asset Management. Alex Haynes will manage the firm's relationships with direct investors, financial planners and institutional investors. Haynes was Aberdeen Asset ...