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Virgin Money Australia names MD

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Virgin Group has appointed David Curneen as managing director of Virgin Money Australia following his stewardship of the business as acting managing director since February last year. The appointment follows a period of significant growth across all ...

Three new GMs at ipac

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2013
Three new general managers are set to join ipac's state based advice businesses, it was announced today. Eric Gibson, Nick Brinkworth and Craig Weber have been appointed as general managers of New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria respectively following ...

Two-thirds US clients don't understand fees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
... "Trying to differentiate based on price and services remains an uphill battle for financial advice providers," said Scott Smith, associate director at Cerulli. "Investors have limited bandwidth to understand the complexities of their personal finances." ...

Challenger hops on SuperStream gateway

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Challenger Retirement Fund has signed up to the electronic SuperStream rollover gateway, a move that could reduce some of its admin costs to a fraction of where they are today. The Fund said it is the first superannuation fund to sign up to the ...

ASIC speeds up misconduct probe

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s latest report on the supervision of markets and participants shows that the regulator has significantly reduced the time it takes to start investigations of suspicious market conduct. Of ...

CFS wins retail fund of the year award

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013
Colonial First State (CFS) has been named Retail Superannuation Fund of the Year at research house Roy Morgan's 2012 Customer Satisfaction Awards. The win follows a successful year for CFS. It was awarded Best Fund Manager and ranked number one by advisers ...

PineBridge pitches quant solution to super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
PineBridge Investments has been meeting with financial institutions in the hope of bringing a cheap alternative to active management to Australian investors. Its Quantitative Enhanced Indexing investment solution is designed to be less expensive than ...

Wingate appoints new executive director

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Boutique international equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed Louise McIlwraith as executive director. In the newly created position, McIlwraith will have overall responsibility for business development, client and investor relations ...

Aussie stocks best value for 25 years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2013
Investors are now witnessing a once-in-a-generation value opportunity to enter the Australian equity market, according to AllianceBernstein chief investment officer Roy Maslen. AllianceBernstein is the latest of a swathe of big name asset managers to ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
... based on what happened in New York overnight, but these days it often comes out of the box early and shoots up," said Bruce Smith, client advisor at RBS Morgans. "I'd expect it to finish somewhere a little bit up or a little bit down." On Wall Street ...