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FEATURE: Have we reached the tipping point for managed accounts?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
In the first of a two-part special report on the sector, Mark Smith explores why after a series of false starts, industry experts are saying now is the time for managed accounts to live up to their billing as the next big thing in client portfolio management. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... Professor Jane den Hollander and UnitingCare Health Group executive Richard Royle are slated to speak at a CEDA event on innovation and regulation in the digital age in Sydney. WA Macquarie Bank chairman Mark Barnaba, NAB chairman Michael Chaney and ...

Planners unite to create innovation platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... services via a database of advisers, direct marketing communications, public relations and regular meetings labelled as "innovation think tanks." Initially, the platform has 25 different categories, including sales, advice modeling tools, estate planning ...

MySuper spurred innovation and chased down fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
MySuper has been an overwhelming success, Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin has concluded, 12 months after the products went online. "Has MySuper worked? Absolutely," Dunnin said at a concurrent session designed to analyse the impact ...

PROFILE: Sunsuper chief executive Scott Hartley

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... join the marketing department. They wanted someone from outside the industry who could bring different thinking and innovation to the business." He says the move from oil to finance was not as difficult as you might think. "Business fundamentals are ...

Passive FUM reaches all-time high

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
Funds allocated to index strategies grew 28% in the 12 months to end of March 2014, taking the total proportion of the funds management market it represents to a record high of 19%, new data from Rainmaker Information reveals. The rise is the fastest ...

Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... and are a perfect complement to our existing investment capabilities. Their management team shares our passion for innovation, our commitment to delivering compelling investment results and our singular focus on the needs of our clients," Legg Mason ...

FSI recognises the "powerful force" of tech

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
... considered the possibility of creating a public-private sector body to monitor and advise the government on technology and innovation. The report admitted that technology changes are "difficult to predict," but noted that there is a need to "remove disclosure ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
Wealth platforms in the United Kingdom have leap-frogged Australian platforms because investor experience and utility is their differentiator, not the underlying technology itself. Darren Stevens, director of strategy at technology group Bravura Solutions ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... maintaining the relatively unregulated status quo, but introducing legislation to allow for more retirement product innovation. It considered the benefits of deferred lifetime annuities, group self-annuitisation, and the possibility of the government ...