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Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
A budget deficit of $40 billion on its way down to just $6 billion in four years masks a massive 29% increase in tax revenue over the forward estimates, pointing to why Treasurer Scott Morrison has had to go after high-end superannuants and multi-nationals. ...

Budget CIV plan lets Australia export investment expertise

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The Government has announced in its 2016-17 budget that it will introduce new tax and regulatory frameworks to further facilitate foreign access to Australian funds management services. The two new collective investment vehicles (CIVs) introduced in ...

ANZ retains FUM during major wealth restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
ANZ has announced its 1H2016 results, revealing it has kept ANZ Wealth funds under management stable amidst a major multi-divisional restructure that has so far cost the bank $138 million. On average, funds under management throughout the first half ...

Fitzpatricks hires ex-ipac adviser to head up Adelaide practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has appointed a senior adviser to head up the group's Adelaide office. Shane Case joins Fitzpatricks from ipac Canberra, where he was a client service manager. He established his own practice, Vickers Case & Associates in ...

IFM Investors hires chief economist

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
IFM Investors has appointed a chief economist, a newly created role for the fund manager. PhD qualified macro-economist Alex Joiner joins the firm, bringing with him over a decade of experience across Australian, New Zealand and Asian economies, with ...

Acorns app enters superannuation sector

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Micro-investment savings app Acorns has entered into a partnership with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions. As previously reported in Financial Standard, Acorns ...

EQT chair to stay on despite plans to depart

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Equity Trustees has announced that its board has requested its current chair to stand for re-election, despite his previously announced plans to stand down at the next AGM. As a result, Tony Killen will submit himself for re-election at the AGM on October ...

BTIM announces global leadership team

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
BT Investment Management has announced the establishment of a global executive committee. The goal of this, according to BTIM's statement, is to "provide leadership and management bandwidth to enable the continued growth of the business." At the same ...

YBR announces director resignation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
Yellow Brick Road has announced the departure of a non-executive director. Melanie Kansil joined YBR in 2013, having previously been acting director of strategy and digital at Nine Entertainment. She replaced David Coleman, who went into politics and ...

Instos turn to smart beta in low-return world: SSGA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Institutional investors worldwide are turning to objective and factor-based investment approaches, such as smart beta, to meet their investment goals given the global low interest rate environment. This is one of the findings of State Street Global ...