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Connect Brokers sets up Asian initiative

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
Connect Financial Service Brokers has set up a specialist consultancy firm dedicated to connecting small and medium advice business owners with partnership opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region. The new business, Connect ASEAN, is based in Melbourne ...

Asset owners throwing money away in hidden fees

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... lose money to hidden costs. But the good news is they can be uncovered and eliminated. That's according to Novarca, a consultancy specialising in what it calls 'cost pattern analysis.' The company, which is based in Switzerland but recently set up shop ...

REI Super extends Ibbotson consultancy mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Ibbotson Associates Australia has been reappointed as implemented investment consultant by REI Super for a further three years. Ibbotson, which is part of the Morningstar Investment Management Group, provides advice and management for REI Super's low-cost ...

Sunsuper nabs senior AFA executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... business to Steve Prendeville's Forte Asset Solutions after being appointed by the AFA. She has worked with the AFA on a consultancy basis for over four years. "While we are disappointed that Anne is leaving the AFA, we acknowledge that the role with ...

New FoFA likely to increase advice costs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... force planners to spend more time on paperwork and raise their fees charged to clients as a consequence. A survey by consultancy firm Radar Results found that 78% of the over 200 advisers questioned thought that the costs of providing financial planning ...

ATO exec leaves to join consulting firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... Australian Tax Office (ATO) assistant deputy commissioner for superannuation has left the regulator to join Brisbane-based consultancy firm McPherson Super Consulting. Stuart Forsyth was involved in drafting the ATO ruling on limited recourse borrowing ...

Long-serving CBA exec announces retirement

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
... manager of the local business banking business in 2012. Prior to joining the Commonwealth Bank, he was principal at consultancy practice A.T. Kearney. "Grahame has made a significant contribution to the bank over 35 years, the last 10 on the group's ...

ACFS appoints execs from ANZ and EY

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... most recent role was global head of marketing and client engagement. Before joining ANZ, Auster worked at economic consultancy firm ACIL Tasman in Melbourne, as well as Chase Securities and Merrill Lynch in New York. Also joining the ACFS team as business ...

Platinum reshuffles management after deputy CIO departure

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... Platinum for more 10 years. He joined the company in March 2001 after working in the engineering and mining industries in consultancy, construction and operations. He left Platinum in July 2007 before re-joining in July 2010. At the same time the fund ...

Van Eyk spin-off signs first major client

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... framework and assist advisers to deliver better, long term, sustainable returns for their clients," he said. The new consultancy was founded by Jonathan Ramsay, Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub following the collapse of van Eyk, which has now gone into ...