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Centrepoint expands virtual offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... newsletters and FAQs, as well as educating advisers on the latest changes in the industry. Centrepoint's head of advice services, Jeff Everett, said the range of support services is designed to make it easier, more affordable and more efficient for advisers ...

Revisiting the active versus passive cage fight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... down the market cap spectrum are getting gradually underweighted. If I pick on Amazon, for example, in the last 12 months, Jeff Bezos sold $2 billion worth of stock. Looking at the active managers in the top 10 holders on the register, they've sold around ...

Former politician to chair Equity Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... the next chairman of Equity Trustees. Subject to his re-election to the board at EQT's annual general meeting in October, Jeff Kennett will succeed current chairman Tony Killen who is set to retire. Kennett has served as a director of EQT for nine years ...

Global disruption fund locks in former CEOs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017
Evans Dixon chairman David Evans has assembled an investment team of former chief executives to raise up to $150 million for the soon to be ASX-listed Global Disruption Fund. The initial portfolio is expected to include Amazon, Facebook, Alibaba, Netflix ...

Global merger creates new listed manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The completed all-stock merger of equals between two global fund managers has created a new listed entity on the ASX representing $443 billion in assets under management. Janus Capital and Henderson Group will trade on the ASX and NYSE as Janus Henderson ...

Vanguard appoints new head of investments

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
Vanguard is reshuffling its Asia-Pacific investment team, appointing a new head of investments in the process. Daniel Reyes, currently heading up Vanguard's US advised portfolio solutions team, will take on the role. He replaces Rodney Comegys, who ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... acknowledged his invaluable assistance since joining in ensuring a smooth integration progress between IRESS and Financial Synergy. Jeff Hall, most recently the general manager of consulting, superannuation, has been appointed to the managing director ...

Default retirement products not good enough: Milliman

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... risk of severe reputational damage. That is the view of risk management and retirement experts Milliman, with consultant Jeff Gebler saying that default options won't be good enough with CIPRs. "While a 'safe harbour' is proposed to protect trustees ...

Vanguard reduces fees, revises multi-asset strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Vanguard Australia will slash fees across its multi-asset suite and revise the funds' strategic asset allocation for the first time since 2013. From July, five wholesale diversified funds will have management expense ratios reduced to 0.29%. These funds ...

Forager senior analyst to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... and a replacement is being sought immediately to assist with the ongoing management of the fund. Forager chief executive Jeff Weeden told Financial Standard that it is an amicable situation and the fund will continue to operate as normal. "We already ...