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Janus plays first hand in ETF game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Janus Capital, the fund manager which snapped up 'bond king' Bill Gross following his surprise departure from PIMCO, has joined the active ETF game with its acquisition of a Connecticut-based provider. Launched in 2009, VelocityShares manufactures institutionally-focused ...

Van Eyk enters voluntary administration

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Van Eyk Research has gone into voluntary administration with Trent Hancock of Moore Stephens Sydney Corporate Recovery Group appointed administrator. "The company's decision follows the recent and sudden closure of the Blueprint Series of managed funds," ...

Mercer reveals confronting life expectancy research

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
New mortality rate research showing white collar workers can expect to live well beyond the average life expectancy highlights the challenge of achieving a comfortable retirement. Mercer's analysis into the mortality rates of public sector pensioners ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Mandatory financial advice for the sale of complex products is among the measures the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering to protect consumers from the risks posed by these investment vehicles. In a newly published ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Commonwealth Bank's initiative to set up a program to review financial advice given to its clients from 2003 to 2012 has been slammed by several stakeholders for being too slow, too little and too late. Speaking at a Melbourne Institute event yesterday ...

NAB business growth manager joins Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
National Australia Bank (NAB) Wealth and MLC business growth manager for New South Wales will join Fortnum Financial Group as national sales manager. Joel Taylor will be responsible for building relationships with new and existing member firms, and ...

PE backed IPOs outperform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
Initial public offerings backed by private equity investment managers out-perform other IPOs by a factor of almost 50:1, according to research just released by the private equity and venture capital association AVCAL. The study which was prepared by ...

Bell Financial appoints Bell Potter MD to board

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The managing director of Bell Potter Securities Wholesale has been added to the board of broking and financial advisory firm Bell Financial Group (BFG). New board member Charlie Aitken joined Bell Potter in 2010 as part of the Southern Cross Equities ...

British govt to introduce pension choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
The British government is proposing a radical overhaul of the nation's private pensions system and will introduce choice of retirement product and simplify retiree taxation structures. The proposals were announced in the British 2014 Budget that was ...

Dealer group Infocus buys MLC shares, becomes independent

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Dealer group Infocus Wealth Management's (Infocus) existing shareholders have bought back MLC's share of the business and will now become fully independently owned. Bucking rumours that the group was looking for an institutional parent, Infocus has ...