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Fidelity adds senior investment director

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Fidelity Worldwide Investment has appointed Michael Bargholz as senior investment director for Australia. An industry veteran of more than 25 years, Bargholz's appointment to the newly created position is aimed at adding strength to the investment team ...

SPAA urges SMSF auditors to register with regulator

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) is urging SMSF auditors to register as soon as possible so they are cleared to audit funds when the new licensing regime comes in to effect on 1 July. The Australian Securities and Investments ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Super fund returns continued their astounding recovery during December as the SelectingSuper Workplace default option index climbed to a 32-month high of 12.1%, the latest Rainmaker analysis shows. The positive result has been driven by the recent strong ...

Charles River trading tech wins award in Asia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Charles River, a front-and middle-office investment management systems developer, has been dubbed the "Best in Trading Technology" at the Asia Asset Management Awards 2012. The award recognised Charles River's strong regional presence and praised its ...

Frontier markets poised for strong 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
Frontier markets have begun 2013 strongly and will outperform their emerging markets counterparts over the next 12 months, according to HSBC Global Research. The MSCI Frontier markets index - which includes economies such as Nigeria, Qatar and Vietnam ...

NSW State Super appoints investment head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
NSW State Super has appointed Mark O'Brien as general manager of investments. O'Brien has more than 30 year's investment experience and joins an investment team which managers over $35.8 billion of assets on behalf of members and the NSW Government. ...

Conservative financial services job market in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Most firms will be reluctant to add to their headcount and staff will be cautious about changing jobs in 2013, according to eFinancialCareers. The financial services recruitment firm said recruitment growth would be limited to areas such as regulatory ...

Bravura and Rice Warner launch new super tool

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Financial services software company Bravura has partnered with industry consultancy Rice Warner to provide a new superannuation tool for members. The new software combines ePASS, Bravura's eBusiness application, with Rice Warner's existing tools and ...

Planners revise down growth expectations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Financial planners have revised down their capital growth expectations for the year ahead as on-going volatility sees clients holding increasingly high levels of excess cash, according to a recently published Investor Trends report. The 2012 Adviser ...

Platform asset-based fees under fire

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
The retail platform market is on the cusp of a revolution which will see standard asset-based pricing replaced with a fee-based structure, said Chris Wrightson, managing director of Centurian Market Makers. The business broking expert says that, in ...