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EQT appoints portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Equity Trustees has appointed a new portfolio manager to its asset management business. James Buckley will work closely with Equity Trustees' advice and personal services team and his responsibilities will include communicating with private clients ...

Future Fund names interim managing director

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
The Future Fund has appointed chief financial officer Paul Mann as acting managing director. He will take over from Mark Burgess, who leaves the $97 billion public superannuation fund at the end of the month. Mann joined the Future Fund in 2007 from ...

Dalton Nicol Reid wins $40m Intrust mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
Intrust Super has awarded a $40m mandate to Australian equities fund manager, Dalton Nicol Reid. Intrust is a boutique $1.6 billion industry super fund based in Queensland for the hospitality sector with 130,000 members and 10,000 employers. The mandate ...

Charter Hall profits dip 4.3%

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2014
Charter Hall's statutory profit after tax for the six months to 31 December 2013 has fallen 4.3% to $28.6 million. Operating earnings for the period were up 13.1% to $38.1 million while the group paid a distribution of 11 cents, up 12.2% pcp. Charter ...

Annual global dividends pass $1 trillion for first time

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Dividends paid by the world's listed companies burst through the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever in 2013, according to the Henderson Global Dividend Index, a new quarterly report analysing equity income from around the world. The report revealed ...

Consumers safe under FoFA changes: former judge

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
The best interests of consumers are not under threat from the Government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA), according to SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) patron Sir Anthony Mason. In his opening address ...

Challenger launches new smart beta boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Challenger has launched a new boutique fund manager within its Fidante Partners managed fund business. The new fund manager, Tempo Asset Management, was revealed by Challenger chief executive Brian Benari at the group's half-year result announcement. ...

FSC acclaims free trade agreement with Korea

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
The Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) will provide significant opportunities for the export of financial services, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The industry body was responding to details of the agreement released this ...

Capital Group appoints two senior executives

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Capital Group has made two senior appointments as it looks to strengthen its position in the Australian market. Former Perpetual executive Jorden Brown has been appointed to the new position of head of wholesale sales for Australia. Brown will be responsible ...

EQT hires AMP exec to target financial adviser relationships

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2014
Mani Papakonstantinos has joined Equity Trustees Limited's (EQT) funds distribution business as key account manager, with responsibility for building EQT's relationships with financial advisers in Victoria and West Australia. Papakonstantinos joins ...