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Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Government has released the final life insurance reforms package. Based on ongoing industry consultation and collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association and Financial Services Council, the final reforms ...

Fiducian acquires practice, launches impact fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Fiducian Group will acquire a financial planning business in Tasmania with $55 million in funds under advice. The business will merge with Fiducian's existing operation in Tasmania and will be sold for $1.35 million funded by excess cash. The acquisition ...

Class amends IPO after AMP acquisitions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Class, the self-managed superannuation fund administrative software provider, has lost about 10,500 billable SMSF portfolios from its customer base following two acquisitions announced by AMP. AMP has informed Class it will be moving the SMSF portfolios ...

Sunsuper renews AIA mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Sunsuper has announced it will extend its partnership with AIA Australia to 2020. As a result, AIA will continue to provide death, total permanent disablement and income protection insurance to Sunsuper members beyond the original July 2016 deadline. ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... dramatically turn around, that is. When the Fed met in September, they saw jobs growth slowing to 136K in August from 223K in July - they didn't lift. Even in June they didn't lift when they saw employment picked up by 260K in May from 187K in the previous ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Investing in toilet paper and toothpaste type companies can feed a fund's growth on a day-to-day basis and help Australian investors survive local equities market turmoil. This is one part of an investment strategy deployed by senior fund manager for ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
Slathered in Vaseline and leaping from a tiny pilot boat to embark on a gruelling 14 hour swim of the chilly English Channel might seem a far cry from running an alternative investment business out of sunny Brisbane, but Blue Sky founder and managing ...

Frontier Advisors appoints former Mercer principal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
Frontier Advisors has attracted a former Mercer principal as a senior consultant amid plans to increase the independent firm's retirement solutions advice. Joining Frontier Advisors and leading its Retirement Solutions Group from 19 October will be ...

California pension giants must divest from coal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
US pension fund giant CalPERS and CalSTRS must divest their positions in coal companies after a new bill was signed into law in California last week. California governor Edmund Brown announced the signing of the bill on his website. The move is in line ...

Magellan appoints infra head from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
Magellan has appointed a new head of infrastructure relationships. Adrian Amores joins the firm from AMP Capital, where he was head of sales strategies for institutional capabilities across absolute return, private and public markets. Prior to that ...