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China poised for asset management boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
... second largest asset management market globally by 2019, sitting just behind the US, according to Casey Quirk. The consultancy firm also anticipates China will attract half of the industry's new asset flows in two years' time, as highlighted in its whitepaper ...

Property investing key to outlasting super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... can retire comfortably on passive income if they start investing in the property market now, according to property consultancy firm WealthMart. As much $80,000 per annum can be earned from a portfolio of properties that generate positive cash flow well ...

ESG and emerging markets investment continues rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... 40% of new equity mandates (now 24%) and the US dominated the regional picture. Deeper analysis by the investment consultancy suggests a positive relationship between managers' governance scores and investment performance in emerging markets. While this ...

New consultancy bridges IFA support gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
The rate financial advisers are leaving vertically integrated channels has motivated two industry experts to establish a "ruthlessly independent" community. GreenZone Australia co-founder and partner, Geoff Rimmer, said a significant number of advisers ...

ACSA appoints inaugural chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... positions at HSBC Securites Services, NAB, CBA and State Street. Most recently, he has served as managing director of consultancy firm Alford Brown & Associates. Brown was also, from 2008 to 2010, a director at ACSA. Knights said: "After an exhaustive ...

Government names new ASIC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... licensing division at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and headed up Goldman Sachs' Asian hedge fund consultancy business. He has also held roles at Eurekahedge Advisers, Desdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Linklaters and Blake Dawson Waldron. ...

FSC takes aim at complacency in super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The Financial Services Council has partnered with a superannuation consultancy to take aim at what it perceives as a complacent super industry. In a report developed alongside Trustee Tailored Super (TTS), the FSC makes an argument that while the world ...

UK asset consultants face competition scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... to £1.6 trillion of assets under the advice of the 12 largest investment consultants. The FCA said the investment consultancy and fiduciary management services market exhibit anti-competitive features, most notably seen in trustees of pension schemes ...

Grant Thornton bolsters dedication to retail clients via merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... Diversified advisory and wealth management firm Grant Thornton Australia will merge with a Melbourne-based global retail consultancy in an effort to further build on its growth advisory capabilities. Joining forces with GNC Group Consulting, the move ...

KPMG appoints new wealth management head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... KPMG Australia. Previously head of the firm's superannuation practice, Paul Howes will assume responsibility for the consultancy's entire range of asset management and investment portfolios. He will oversee KPMG's firm-wide services in the wealth space ...