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Zurich awards Presima global REIT mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2013
Montreal-based global listed real estate boutique fund manager Presima has been awarded a $63 million mandate by Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich). Presima chief executive Peter Zabierek said he was extremely pleased Presima would be managing ...

Dissenting Coalition TASA report could impact independents

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... that will be tabled in the Parliament next Monday. But the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operation officer Phil Anderson told Financial Standard that "it is quite probable that there is a dissenting report from the Coalition." "The issue ...

Big banks move into SBB space

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
The Benevolent Society is teaming up with Westpac Institutional Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to issue Australia's second Social Benefit Bond (SBB) to fund the establishment of The Family Preservation Service. The service will focus on ...

Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... allowing 12 further months to comply with the legislation. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operation officer Phil Anderson also spoke during the hearing and asked that the starting date for the legislation to be put back to July 1 ...

Big groups court AFS advisers with inducements

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... Christmas we heard that AFS had difficulties and we started talking to a few of their advisers," BT Select managing director Phil Butterworth said. "In that process, we got to a mutual compliance due diligent process, they looked at us and we looked ...

Australian online broker market 'world's most highly concentrated'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Lack of choice among online brokers may explain why Australians are unlikely to change brokers, despite having comparatively low levels of satisfaction. The Global Online Broking Report, conducted by wealth researcher Investment Trends, surveyed 96,000 ...

Tyndall AM creates fixed income role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013
Tyndall AM has appointed James Alexander to the newly created role of deputy head of fixed income. Alexander will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the fixed income team and oversee Tyndall's fixed income investment process. Tyndall said ...

Advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Tax payers should not look at philanthropy as simply a way of finding deductions, and financial advisers should facilitate philanthropic giving, Opportunity International Australia says. Only 2.1% of Australians have a financial planners offering advice ...

SBBs to be part of NGS Super's new ethical option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
Industry fund NGS Super is currently designing an ethical option that will include environmentally sound investments with other ethical investments such as social benefit bonds (SSBs). "We are taking our current green shares option, and folding that ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... done in a way that allows for appropriate consultation and sufficient time for implementation," AFA chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann accused the government of not taking into account the demands of ...