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Instos willing to improve data management

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
Institutional investors are aware of the competitive advantage of efficient data management and want to find ways to improve it use. About two thirds of institutional investors said that data and analytics capabilities will be among their most important ...

Weaven to chair online news publication

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013

Ex Future Fund exec to tap into aged care

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Former head of Strategy at Future Fund QIC Tony Day has launched a consulting service focused on direct investment in aged care. Day's Scarce Capital has partnered with specialist consulting firm Round Tower Solutions to provide advice on long term ...

Advice insto ownership steps up post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
One-quarter of financial advisers are in licensees that have changed ownership since the GFC and 80% of affected advisers have gone into advice groups owned by the big six bancassurance groups, reveals the 2013 Rainmaker Financial Planning Report. "The ...

Macquarie posts solid half-year result

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
Macquarie Group's profits have jumped 39% year-on-year for the half year to 30 September 2013. Net profit after tax attributable to ordinary shareholders was $501 million for the period, up 2% on the half year ended 31 March 2013. Macquarie Group managing ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... $37.545, Rio Tinto 32 cents to $63.12 and Fortescue 3.5 cents to $5.265. Among stocks making gains were Coles supermarket owner Wesfarmers, up 45 cents to $42.74 and Origin Energy 14 cents higher ar $14.66.

Young shy away from joining advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
The number of new advisers entering the industry is insufficient despite numerous initiatives to encourage young people to become financial planners. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that "there ...

Investment industry urged to put society first

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
A major power shift from intermediaries such as fund managers and investment banks to fiduciaries including Australian superannuation funds is gathering pace in the global financial services sector, according to the CFA Institute's Asia Pacific managing ...

Industry funds and corporates must talk more: Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... look at a discount offer and perhaps not participate because they see that as a loss," Paton said. "Whereas the beneficial owner of the shares, the fund, would look at it as fully-franked capital return and want to participate." He said industry funds ...

Jenny Brown named AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... prosper," he said. Brown, who was also nominated for the Award in 2012, is head of strategy, senior financial adviser and owner of JBS Financial Strategists in Melbourne. She is an active member of the AFA community, mentoring a young adviser in the ...