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Exceeding your MAXpectations

MICHELLE BALTAZAR | FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014

As I count down to the final hours before the weekend, my mind is already racing to next Wednesday, when we host our annual forum and awards for sales and marketing professionals in financial services (a.k.a. MAX). MAX is inspired by TED, the widely-lauded ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014

... Sydney, Mercer director of portfolio construction research Nick White, Enhanced Institute of Technologies chief executive and CIO Adrian Banner and MFS Investment Management institutional portfolio manager Dino Davis warned that low volatility investing ...

FEAL to recognise top superannuation CIOs and COOs

STAFF WRITER | TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014

... The country's leading superannuation chief investment officers and chief operation officers will be recognised at a national CIO & COO Awards through a joint initiative by industry body FEAL and fund manager La Trobe Financial. FEAL has teamed up with ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014

Budget cuts to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will force the industry to rely more on self-regulation. The budget is contemplating cuts of $142.8 million over the next three years ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014

Global insurers are looking to increase risk to combat low yields, according to the third annual Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) survey of the sector. Through independent third party research firm, KRC Research, GSAM surveyed 233 senior insurance ...

CBA likely to appoint from within for CIO role

STAFF WRITER | FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief information officer Michael Harte will leave the group on mid-2014 to take up the role of chief operations and technology officer of Barclays Bank in London. It is likely that the replacement will come from within the CBA ...

May worry

BENJAMIN ONG | MONDAY, 28 APR 2014

You can almost taste it. It's nearly here. That time of year when that age-old Wall Street adage tells us to go away. May is coming! And right on cue, we get spooks from renewed and escalated tension in the Ukraine and more evidences of a slowing China ...

EISS appoints CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014

EISS Super has appointed Matt Olsen to the newly-created role of chief investment officer. Olsen was previously head of research at Select Investment Partners. Prior to that he was deputy chief investment officer and head of manager research at van ...

Reduce corporate tax rate, says Macquarie

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014

The corporation tax rate should be reduced to 25% if Australia wants to become a regional financial services hub, Macquarie Group has argued. In its submission to the Financial Services Inquiry, the bank argued that Australia's current corporation tax ...

Vision Super names new CIO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | MONDAY, 7 APR 2014

Vision Super has appointed Michael Wrysch as its new chief investment officer four months after the appointment of Stephen Rowe as its new chief executive. Wrysch, who will take up his position in June, is currently a senior investment consultant at ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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