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Genesys advisers looking at all options following wind up

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Advice practices licensed under AMP-owned Genesys Wealth are currently considering all options after the licensee announced yesterday that it would wind up. At the moment, 92 advice firms employing 188 advisers are licensed under Genesys, according ...

Profile: Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand chief executive Lee White

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Lee White, chief executive of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, is the first accountant to lead the body. He recently oversaw a history-making merger between the ICAA and NZICA and is now making lifelong learning a priority for accountants. ...

AMP to wind up Genesys licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
AMP Group will close the Genesys dealer group and will offer practices under the dealership a "smooth transition" to other AMP licensees. An AMP spokesperson confirmed that the group has undertaken "a strategic review of the Genesys business over the ...

Van Eyk collapse brings down AWI chairman

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The chairman of Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has resigned in the wake of the collapse of van Eyk Research, with a replacement to be voted on at AWI's annual general meeting (AGM) in November. According to AWI, the board has asked iPac Securities ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Social media is the epicentre of new ideas and innovation in financial services industry and this years' edition of the FS Power50 features the top 50 individuals in Australia leading this conversation. The second edition of the FS Power50 is a completely ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the latest in the active versus passive debate as a trend towards investment in index strategies takes hold. Mark Smith considers whether the jig is up for active fund managers in this issue's feature. ...

PROFILE: Lonsec Fiscal Holdings joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
Lonsec Fiscal Holdings joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie joined Lonsec in early 2000, when it employed three analysts and provided research only to the Lonsec dealer group. For the last 14 years, Gillespie has seen Lonsec grow and become one of ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the crisis in group insurance and consider the future of insurance in superannuation. We also look at how the trend towards in-housing might be putting pressure on asset consultants to change strategy ...

In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Asset consultants are jostling for position in a bid to combat the in-housing of super fund investment teams, with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
With the range of ETFs ever increasing, is it time we stopped thinking of them as passive, 'set-and-forget' instruments, and started viewing them instead as a means of actively managing asset allocation? James Fernyhough and Mark Smith report. In Australia ...