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Family office growth creates opportunity for wealth managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... complex decision-making. "However, the multigenerational nature of extreme wealth means these same investors have long time horizons and can accept illiquidity." Cerulli defines a family office as an organisation that is established to serve the financial ...

New ipac managing director for AMP

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... will report to AMP director of Advice Network and strategic development Andrew Waddell. Steele is currently director of Horizons, AMP's planner academy. Neil Swindells, who has led ipac since 2009, will take on a role responsible for AMP's direct equity ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... being wrong, and this is the reason why they'll continue to turn to consultants for help. "The nature of investment time horizons is that you need to be wrong for three or four years before you start to be proved right," he said. "Individuals on boards ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... investments team. At a time when the investment world is changing so radically, investors now need to incorporate longer time horizons and adapt to the structural changes coming from economic, environmental, social and corporate governance factors to ...

ipac securities awards Vinva $1.2bn mandate

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... long term, and have a good blend of those [managers] to get a good diversity of idea generations across different time horizons," said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at the AMP-owned ipac securities. "We deliberately went out to select managers ...

AMP training program to attract women advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... that aims to provide a flexible pathway to the profession for those wanting greater work-life balance. The new program, Horizons Academy Flex Program, is particularly designed for advisers who are unable to commit to its existing 10 week Horizons' signature ...

ILB manager Ardea launches new fund

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... to rise in both global and local economies over the next few years, and potentially remain high over longer investment horizons. Australia is unlikely to escape unscathed from the ripples caused by foreign leaders' efforts to generate growth at any cost ...

New service to boost retiree returns by 1pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... investment strategies for their retiree fund members that takes into account their differing risk tolerances and time horizons. Doug Bucknell, managing director of the Australian division of the Fiduciary's Friend consulting group that holds the licence ...

Instos should weigh up cost of futures

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... longer than three months, according to new research. A report released by State Street Global Markets found that for time horizons under three months, an SPI 200 futures contract offers a cheaper alternative for access to the broad Australian equity ...

Calls for super industry to up focus on beta

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2012
... benchmark - other things can be an indicator but if that's your benchmark that should lead your thinking about risk and time horizons in a different way." "We're transitioning from a lump sum system to a system that's going to create an income stream ...