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Skelly to head State Street Aus ETFs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former director at Russell Investments Amanda Skelly has moved to State Street Global Advisors to lead its Australian ETF operation. Skelly will assume responsibility for driving business strategy, product development, promotion to both retail and institutional ...

Former investment company director pleads guilty

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
Former Queensland-based director of the purported investment company Tanoak Pty Ltd, Tania Michele Oakley has pleaded guilty to three criminal charges following an ASIC investigation. ASIC alleged that between March 6, 2007 and April 16, 2007, Oakley ...

Goldman Sachs focuses on HNW with private bank

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Goldman Sachs is building out its private bank from the US to target wealthy clients in a number of locations including Europe. Agence France-Presse reported that David Viniar, chief financial officer for the bank said the in-house private bank was ...

Industry funds ride SMSF wave

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
Within 24 months, all large industry and corporate super funds will be offering SMSF-like capability to members. That is the prediction of Ian Dunbar, head of investment platforms at UBS Australia, which together with FNZ Australia developed the platform ...

AIMA helping super funds plan HF moves

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
The Alternative Investment Management Association will be working with local super funds on scenario analyses for moving more funds to suitable Australian alternative managers. Recent data from administrator GlobeOp showed that in June hedge funds globally ...

SMSF contributions spike ahead of cap

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SMSF contributions were up close to $7000 in the 2011/12 financial year driven by over 50s getting in ahead of the $25,000 concessional cap introduction on July 1 this year. The latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey showed the average contribution ...

SFG rolls out FOFA-ready MDA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
SFG Australia has rolled-out FOFA-ready managed portfolio and dynamic portfolio update services to its advice network. Colonial First State Custom Solutions is administering the new offerings via the Symetry Endeavour Portfolio Service. The rollouts ...

First State Super butts out tobacco

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
First State Super has excluded investments in all companies involved in the manufacture of tobacco products from its entire investment portfolio. The move builds on First State Super's exclusion of tobacco-related investments from socially responsible ...

Chinese pension fund awards global mandates

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
China's national pension fund has released a list of 12 global investment managers awarded mandates in July to help manage the 869bn yuan ($A132bn) fund. China's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced the appointments yesterday, which included ...

FSC focuses FATCA talk on govt agreement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
Financial Services Council chief John Brogden is back in Washington DC arguing for a country specific exemption for Australian super funds to avoid compliance burdens associated with the contentious FATCA regime. Under draft Foreign Account Tax Compliance ...