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Fidelity joins Calastone's automated funds transaction network

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
... manual process, the reduced risks and the increased levels of accuracy and timeliness it brings," Fidelity head of operations and client services Doug Bryden said. "Our adviser clients value accuracy and speedier turnarounds of transactions which Calastone ...

Qantas Super chief joins ASFA board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... positions include chief executive of J.P. Morgan Treasury and Securities Services Australia and New Zealand, and chief operations officer at AXA. "With over 20 years' experience in senior management positions including within the financial services sector ...

AFA to release code of conduct this year

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
... the profession and the primary focus of the code of conduct will be quality advice and the consumer," the AFA chief operations officer Phil Anderson said. Anderson explained that the organisation is planning to release two codes of conduct. The first ...

Super funds unready for trans-Tasman transfer rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2013
... request the funds from the Australian super fund. The fund then has 30 days to transfer the funds. However, Vedran Babic, operations manager at Fisher Fund, told the New Zealand Herald that Australian funds are not keeping their side of the bargain. ...

RSM Bird Cameron expands through Queensland merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... "RSM Bird Cameron focuses on developing a truly national footprint across Australia. Due to clients expanding their operations in Brisbane, including international clients, this merger has been a long term strategic plan and the timing is ideal for the ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2013
... releases the minutes of its July board meeting. In equities news, Rio Tinto is scheduled to release its second quarter operations review. In Australia, the market on Monday closed higher for a fifth straight day, helped by encouraging signs for the housing ...

Research houses flag 'rating shopping' to advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... provide greater disclosure around adverse research and have greater separation between its commercial and research operations. "We have always had a 'not-rated' category that included funds filtered out by our initial screen but it wasn't specifically ...

Former Perpetual exec to head Market Vectors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... senior director from management consulting firm Sunstone Partners in September 2012. He has been running the day-to-day operations of the business since January 2013 and was formally appointed to the role of managing director recently. He also worked ...

Adjusting for adjustments

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... benefits. The US equity market's positive performance to the increasing certitude that the Fed would commence its tapering operations this coming September -- and the accompanying rise in bond yields - indicates that investors have learnt to accept that ...

TAL centralises customer service

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
Insurance provider TAL has created a new business unit that centralises its customer services functions and operations. The new division aims to bring greater efficiency and to create a single source for the information customers receive. TAL chief ...