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Praemium reports strong rise in SMA funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Record inflows of $320 million to Praemium's separately managed account platforms in the June quarter has seen the company post new highs for funds on platform. The group's Australian SMA platform grew $200 million in the three months to end of June ...

US manager appoints Breakwater to bring funds to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
US-based investment firm Voya Investment Management is entering the Australian institutional market via a distribution partnership with local marketing and advisory firm Breakwater Advisory. Voya IM, formerly known as ING U.S. Investment Management ...

Telstra offers incentives to switch DB members to accumulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Telstra has asked for volunteers from its approximately 6,100 employees who are on defined benefit pensions to switch to Telstra Super's accumulation division. "Telstra Super is well positioned to provide the information, education and advice that is ...

PIMCO names new head of Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
PIMCO has named former Macquarie division director Adrian Stewart as its new Australian country head. Based in Sydney, he starts in the role on August 11. He will be responsible for leading PIMCO's business in Australia, including serving the firm's ...

New Investors Mutual LIC gets rating and platform approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Investors Mutual's new listed investment company, QV Equities, has been included on BT, Colonial First State, MLC and Macquarie's platform offerings and received ratings from Lonsec and Zenith. The company said the inclusion in leading dealer group's ...

Australian Unity added 14 planning practices in a year

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
Australian Unity has recruited 14 planning practices from across most mainland states in the past 12 months. The addition brings the company's total financial services tally to 77 planning practices, 122 advisers and 22 mortgage brokers operating in ...

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Hedge funds are under increasing pressure to beef up their middle office operations as result of increased institutional investor scrutiny of manager reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge ...

FSI asks industry to consider greater ASIC powers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) Committee, headed up by chairman David Murray, has questioned whether the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) requires greater powers to better monitor Australia's financial services industry. In ...

Challenger adds Australian equity boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Challenger has added a new Australian equity boutique under its Fidante Partners umbrella. Founded in June, AretA(C) Investment Partners is an active, quality focused investor, specialising in Australian equities. The group was founded last month by ...

Frantic pace of alternatives growth revealed

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Towers Watson has described the growth of alternative assets as 'inexorable' following the release of its latest report on the sector. The Global Alternatives Survey, which was conducted in conjunction with the Financial Times, total global alternative ...