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Vision Super appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
Vision Super has appointed former Super SA general manager Stephen Rowe as its new permanent chief executive. Rowe has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry, including 4 years at the helm of the $16.7 billion South Australian ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Vanguard has appointed Jeffrey Johnson to lead its investment strategy and research team for Vanguard Asia Pacific. He will oversee a team of four senior investment analysts and economists with responsibility for promoting and enhancing Vanguard's reputation ...

Van Eyk appoints acquisitions specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Ratings and advice provider van Eyk Research has appointed Anthony Vaiente to the newly created role of manager of practice acquisitions and recruitment. Vaiente has over 15 years' experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions of financial ...

Peters MacGregor Global Fund added to netwealth platform

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
The Peters MacGregor Global Fund, a high conviction, bottom up and deep value global equity manager, has been added to the Netwealth platform. Founded in 1999, Peters MacGregor is a Sydney based boutique investment manager that specializes in building ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

ING Direct to target advisers with new model

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... reinforcing its third party distribution team to market the bank's products to financial advisers. The bank has appointed Charles Smith to the newly-created role of key account manager for Wealth, a position that falls under the umbrella of its third ...

Midwinter pairs AdviceOS with online accounting platform

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Midwinter Financial Services has integrated its recently launched AdviceOS financial planning software with online accounting platform Xero Cashbook. Midwinter said this combination of software "in the cloud" will enable financial advisors to oversee ...

Investors unwise to flee emerging markets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
Investors should not interpret the performance differences between developed and emerging markets as a decoupling of the link between them, according to AllianceBernstein fund manager Morgan Harting. Emerging markets have performed poorly this year ...

New index offers chance to invest like a billionaire

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013
The launch of a new index opens the door for anybody to invest like the world's most successful wealth builders - billionaires. The New York Stock Exchange and iBillionaire have launched the iBillionaire Index, which tracks the blue-chip stock holdings ...

IOOF joins Calastone's automated network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2013
IOOF has joined Calastone's global funds transaction network, which allows the automation of fund transactions between different fund managers and distributors. Previously, platforms and funds were communicating exclusively by fax machine. Calastone ...