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Rubik appoints head of wealth from IRESS

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
Rubik Financial has appointed an IRESS veteran to the new role of head of product - wealth. Now reporting to Rubik group executive - product David Flynn, Emily Chen joins the financial services software provider from IRESS, where she was product manager ...

ASIC slams ex-Macquarie agri chief for fake family office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
ASIC has banned the former head of Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management (MAFM) for creating a fake family office. Timothy Hornibrook, who has been banned from practicing financial services for six years, was accused by the regulator of creating (with ...

Henderson reports record inflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... with three acquisitions in the course of the year." Launched in May 2015, the Henderson Global Equity Income Fund is led by Alex Crooke, and is designed to be a core holding for clients. It generally excludes Australian stocks, "maximising the diversification ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
Growth in the US economy will remain stable at 2% due to resilient consumption and parity between labour costs and productivity, according to Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists ...

BetaShares goes global with third managed risk product

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... benefits of risk management, reduced volatility and limited drawdowns, are clearly evident," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "Advisors who may be concerned about future market turmoil should not be in the position of having to tell their ...

mFunds grow by 77%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The number of funds offered through the ASX's mFund settlement service has increased by 77% in the 12 months between December 2014 and December 2015. As revealed in the ASX's half-year 2016 results, this represents 133 funds offered by 41 fund managers ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
The Life Insurance Framework is expected to be put to the House of Representatives by Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer this week. The government released exposure draft legislation in December 2015, based on the framework, which O'Dwyer said at the ...

Copia appoints state manager from CFS

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Boutique investment manager Copia Investment Partners has appointed a state manager, Northern region. Angela Vincent joins Copia from Colonial First State, where she was a strategic account manager. She has also held senior roles at Perpetual and Next ...

Tribeca appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
Tribeca has created the new role of chief investment officer. Chris Daily takes the position having joined Tribeca in 2011. He will retain his position as the portfolio manager for Tribeca's Global Total Return Fund. Reporting to managing director David ...

App lets Australians invest pocket change

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
A new app released in Australia will allow users to round up daily purchases and invest the "change" into a diversified exchange-traded fund portfolio. Acorns, created by father-son business Acorns Grow in 2012, was released in the US in 2014 and has ...