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Omega wins institutional credit mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Omega Global Investors has been awarded a $100 million global credit mandate by a $1 billion institutional investor. Uniting Financial Services, the funds management arm of The Uniting Church Synod of NSW and the ACT, appointed Omega on its ability ...

Knight Financial Advisors unveils new MDA service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Self-licensed advisory firm Knight Financial Advisors has launched a new managed discretionary account (MDA) service built in partnership with listed managed account operator Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP). The service replaces the licensee's proprietary ...

New ETFs launched to cater for BOJ stimulus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Japan's fund management industry is launching exchange traded funds to cater specifically for the central bank's massive monetary easing programme. Three new "physical and human capital" ETFs are designed solely for the Bank of Japan, which needs fresh ...

One in four willing to switch advisers: EY survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Wealth managers in Australia will need to employ more client-centric strategies and make better use of technology if they want to capture a share of the sector's $280 billion (US$200 billion) global revenue opportunity, according to EY's 2016 global ...

Latest APRA stats show drop in super assets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Superannuation assets fell 0.6% in the year to 31 March, according to the latest stats from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Total super assets dropped to $2 trillion in the 12-month period partially driven by poor investment performance. ...

Australia tanks in global dividend index

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2016
Australian income seekers have been whacked by the downturn in the mining sector, with high a profile dividend cut from BHP Billiton leading to Australia tumbling down the Henderson Global Dividend Index in the first quarter. In Australia, dividends ...

Not-for-profit fund buys StatePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
A $54 billion not-for-profit super fund is set to acquire StatePlus from State Super, which it says will create the largest member-owned financial planning network in Australia. First State Super (FSS) and State Super have reached a binding settlement ...

Energy Super to offer Mercer LifetimePlus

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Energy Super will offer Mercer's retirement income product, LifetimePlus, to its members through an account-based pension from 1 July. The industry super fund said the move allows members to keep their super in the fund without altering their investment ...

Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
Here we go again folks! It's back on again. Yes Virginia, not unless you've spent all of last week touring Mars would you not notice that the US Federal Reserve had been busily preparing planet earth for another lift... as soon as next month and by ...

Citi to roll out voice biometric authentication

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
Reciting PINs, passwords and answers to security questions to telephone customer service staff will soon be a thing of the past for Citi's Australian consumer banking customers as the bank rolls out voice biometric authentication. The technology identifies ...