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ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... significant challenge the industry faces for succession." He added: "When the average age of a financial planner in this country is 57, and one of the sources of buyers effectively drops away, where do they go?" Harding-Davis said the new professional ...

NZ Super Fund settles stake in Kiwibank

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... adding another major New Zealand investment to the fund," Orr said. The NZ Super Fund holds large investments in its home country including investments in Kaingaroa Timberlands, Datacome, Metlifecare and rural farmland. ACC board chair Dame Paula Rebstock ...

Global shakeup for Xero team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... a 'flatter' organisaational structure to leverage growing management capability in each of its operating regions, with country managers now reporting directly to the chief executive Rod Drury. As part of the strategy, all of Xero's future US operational ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... rate of decline in input and output prices eased during the month. Japan trade balance More good news out of Japan. The country posted a trade surplus of ¥498.34 billion in September, a sharp improvement from deficits of ¥19.2 billion in the previous ...

Low return world a boon for VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... losers and additional investment from super funds will only serve to drive innovation locally. "To date we've been a lucky country rather than a smart country. We've been able to mine our vast natural resources, iron and gold, and land that allows for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... preceding four months with the lead from the claimant count unemployment suggesting continued low level of joblessness in the country. Claimant count unemployment rose by 0.7K in September compared with a 7.1K increase in August and expectations for ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... consider the establishment of a Social Housing Future Fund that would deliver returns of CPI plus 4.5%, and address the country's struggling public housing system. This is the thought of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia (IPA) which, together with ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Partners' KIS Asia Long Short Cayman Fund (USD Feeder). By assets under management, the largest hedge fund managers in the country are Platinum Asset Management, Ellerston Capital, Macquarie Investment Management, Caledonia Investments and Tribeca. Super ...

Securitor names adviser of the year

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... Practice of the Year. Securitor managing director, Mark Fisher said: "Securitor is proud to have supported some of the country's brightest advice professionals committed to making a difference to the lives of their clients and their families." This year's ...

Kina wins $1.6bn super mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... mandate. Kina will now provide fund administration services to PNG's National Superannuation Fund (NASFUND), which is the country's largest superannuation fund by member size. As a result of this mandate, Kina is now the largest superannuation administrator ...