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Real estate suffers as Europe goes DC

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Real estate allocations in European pension funds are now bordering on negligible amid a European shift away from defined benefit schemes, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Paul Trickett, head of global portfolio solutions at GSAM told a ...

Count counts more advisers

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012
Count Financial added nine practices and 24 new Authorised Representatives in June. Count has attributed the growth to a recent restructure that saw the appointment of Judy Clark as senior executive for practice development in April and an increase ...

Fitzpatricks Private Wealth builds advice profile

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
High net worth advisory firm Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has signed John McMurdo in the role of group managing director and added Chris Cuffe to its board of directors. McMurdo, who was formerly chief executive officer of Centric Wealth and managing ...

Mercer acquires Sovereign

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
Mercer Investments is building out its private markets business with the acquisition of Sovereign Investments Research and their alternatives research team including founder Ray King. King, together with investment consultants Sarah Azzi and Scott McNally ...

SFG renews platform agreements

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
SFG Australia, the merged entity of Snowball Group and Shadforth Financial has renewed its agreements with BT Wrap and CFS Custom Solutions' Symetry platform. Shadforth has been using the BT Wrap for 13 years, with Snowball using Asgard for the same ...

Indonesia woos infra investment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Indonesia is currently hosting a world-first Global Airports conference to bring together experts on airports and development in infrastructure as part of a broader plan to ensure the country's economic growth is properly supported. The World Bank has ...

Gonski to join APS board

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
Renowned businessman and new head of the Future Fund, David Gonski, will soon add Australian Philanthropic Services to his stable of board appointments. Chris Cuffe, founder and chairman of APS announced the appointment following a statement welcoming ...

AMP to acquire Cavendish

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
AMP Limited is to acquire Australia's largest SMSF administrator Cavendish Group as part of plans to establish an SMSF dedicated business unit under Paul Sainsbury. The new unit aims to capture a greater position for AMP in the $440bn self-managed super ...

China manuf growth figures being misread

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
HSBC's flash China Purchasing Managers' Index result released last week is being read as further evidence of a broad-based manufacturing slowdown, but this misinterprets what's going on in the sector, said Premium China Funds Management. The common ...

SMSF auditor competency education push

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2012
Details of the registration regime for auditors working in the SMSF sector, announced this week by superannuation minister Minister Bill Shorten, are broadly been in line with industry expectations although questions still remain around quality assurance. ...