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WAM Capital announces LIC takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018
... assets. On 21 May 2018, WDE told the ASX it adopted a discretionary approach in terms of using portfolio protection. WDE chair Alan Schoenheimer said the initial cost of the protection strategy would be 1-2% per annum over the long term. "However the ...

Royal Commission on social media: Former Treasurer weighs in

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
... accounts may mean paying way too much in insurance and fees. Apathy will mean that you won't take action...or will you? - Alan Perrott (@LBW_Adviser) August 9, 2018 SMSF specialist Alan Perrott said the Commission highlighted the dangers of apathy ...

Victorian super funds discuss merger plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... The merger will also enable a reduction in the fees currently paid by Combined Super members, he added. Prime Super chair Alan Bowman said the important considerations for the merger were complementary cultures and a shared vision of the future of super. ...

Wealth fintech partners with Milliman

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... patterns in accumulation and into retirement," Ignition Wealth said in a statement. Earlier this year, Ignition Wealth appointed Alan Quinlan as its Ireland chief executive. Last year, Ignition Wealth also struck a deal with BT Panorama. Ignition Wealth ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... 2005 when the yield curve consistently flattened from 2.7% in 2003 before becoming inverted by 2006. At the time, Fed chief Alan Greenspan called it the "interest rate conundrum" - a state where the long end isn't responding to the Fed's rate ...

Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... currencies in real-time, combined with the capabilities of a foreign currency debit card. Citi consumer bank chief executive Alan Machet told Financial Standard that an enormous increase in wealth management customers making international transactions ...

Asset manager welcomes new hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... firm has made two additions to its distribution and operations teams, including a former Colonial First State executive. Alan Kenny has joined Ironbark Asset Management as head of client solutions. Kenny was most recently chief executive of Australian ...

Perennial cuts fees for defensive LIC, revises investment strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... level of protection "sufficient to reduce the magnitude of negative returns during sharp equity market falls." WDE chair Alan Schoenheimer explained: "The initial view was that the cost of this protection strategy would be 1-2% per annum over the long ...

Commonwealth Bank CFO resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... replaced the long-serving David Craig. The bank also named current chief financial officer, institutional banking and markets Alan Docherty will act in the role until a permanent replacement is appointed. Docherty joined CBA in 2003, having previously ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The new members are Claire Mackay, Andrew Fairley, Erin Turner and Alan Wein. They join independent AFCA chair Helen Coonan in overseeing the Federal Government's new "one-stop-shop" dispute resolution ...