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Decimal launches insto robo-advice packages

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Decimal has launched two robo-advice tools aimed at the institutional sector. The first, Eqilize, is aimed at providing a rapid and simple robo-advice service for superannuation funds and other large institutions; it comes "preconfigured" and, in Decimal ...

Treasurer opens doors to ASX competition

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison has announced the Government's reform package to allow competition in Australia's clearing and settlement services. Arguing that "open and competitive markets" are "fundamental to a vibrant 21st century economy," Morrison referred ...

New Macquarie chair steps up

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
Macquarie's new chair has succeeded Kevin McCann. Peter Warne, whose appointment was announced in September, was previously a non-executive director and also chair of Macquarie's Board Remuneration Committee, a position he will retain until May 7. He ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Small cap shares have outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 index for the first time in four years, according to Lonsec research. As Lonsec's Australian Equities Smaller Company Sector Review noted, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index returned 10.2% in 2015 ...

AMP and Topdocs partner for SMSF service

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
AMP has partnered with legal document provider Topdocs to provide SMSF documentation services through its SuperConcepts SMSF business. The service will allow SMSF advisers to generate documentation based on the fund data available on SuperConcepts' ...

Advice firm made to take specialist SMSF training

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
ASIC has requested all advisers in an SMSF advice firm complete specialist training following an investigation. CMH Financial Group was found to have provided advice that, in the regulator's view, "did not demonstrate that the advice provider had acted ...

Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Domestic market volatility has driven investors back to professional fund managers, according to Investment Trends Research. Based on a survey of 9,793 Australian investors, Investment Trends' 2015 Investor Product Needs Report notes that although unlisted ...

Spring FG appoints finance subsidiary chief

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Spring FG has appointed the head of its mortgage and finance subsidiary Spring FG Finance. Deni Khoury joins Spring FG from the Bank of Queensland where he was a senior branch manager. Prior to that he was a relationship business manager at CBA, a branch ...

Legalsuper hires member service manager from Kinetic Super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Legalsuper has appointed a new manager product and member service. Julieanne White joins legalsuper from Kinetic Super, where she was a business development manager. Prior to that, she held several roles at Macquarie, including transition manager, senior ...

Bfinance hires director for APAC expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
Institutional investment consultant bfinance has appointed a director for its first Asia-Pacific office in Sydney. Frithjof van Zyp joins bfinance from institutional investment data firm eVestment, where he was head of data services. Prior to that ...