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HUB24 upgrades platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
HUB24 announced a number of technological enhancements that will enable financial planners to deliver advice more efficiently. Scheduled for roll out next month, advisers will no longer have to use multiple systems and manual processes to create Records ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
Classroom-style financial education programs in the workplace and hands-on practice and counselling can play a significant role in closing the income protection gap. That is a key finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School ...

Xero founder sells $94.5m in shares to fund philanthropy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
Xero's founder and chief executive is selling three million Xero shares to fund philanthropic and social endeavours. In an ASX statement, Xero said Rod Drury's sale to institutional and professional investors at $31.50 per share was "likely successful." ...

LGIAsuper grows executive team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
Queensland local government employee super fund LGIAsuper, which opened its doors to the public earlier this year, is expanding its leadership team and searching for a new chief executive. Eleanor Noonan, who was previously LGIAsuper's head of human ...

Advice the face of wealth management evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
The chief executive of a US mutual fund provider and subsidiary to a US$1.7 trillion global investment manager believes the financial services industry cannot go back on its move to independent financial advisers. Speaking at a Morningstar investment ...

Myprosperity partners with $6.2bn platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Myprosperity has partnered with an ASX-listed investment and superannuation platform provider to give clients whole-of-wealth solutions. Clients can now access HUB24 assets via myprosperity. HUB24 director of strategic development Jason Entwistle said ...

Grant Thornton affirms indigenous commitment with new partner

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
Diversified advisory and wealth management firm Grant Thornton Australia is furthering its commitment to the indigenous business community with the appointment of a partner to its Cairns office. Former registrar of indigenous corporations Anthony Beven ...

Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
Perennial Value Management has appointed a head of mid-caps and a head of smaller companies and micro caps. Grant Oshry, the new head of mid-caps, previously headed up Perennial's small-cap business since 2007. Perennial managing director John Murray ...

Industry funds must renew aged care investment focus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
One of the top national lobby groups for older Australians has called for more involvement from industry superannuation funds in the aged care sector. At a roundtable hosted by Industry Super Australia and over 50s consumer group Council on the Ageing ...

Managed accounts sector knuckles down on data standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
Some of the biggest names in investment, technology and financial advice will work together to develop efficient standards for the exchange of managed account data. An industry working group led by the Institute of Managed Account Professionals has ...