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Australian IPOs beat US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... raise more capital than they could in the US, despite the Australian market's smaller size and depth. MGSM dean, Professor Alex Frino, who authored the research, said the new government's focus on competitiveness, along with the Murray Report, have brought ...

AZ NGA acquires $410m advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has taken a 51% stake in a Sydney advice firm. The agreement to acquire Chatswood-based Wise Planners includes a 49% share swap with a 10-year progressive buy-back agreement, and follows AZ NGA's acquisitions of ...

NAB pays $1.7 million in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
NAB has paid $1.7 million in compensation so far as part of its Customer Response Initiative. This follows on from the bank's August update, where it announced it would write to customers who had suffered "financial loss caused by inappropriate advice ...

FEATURE: Reshaping insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
In a highly competitive market, group insurers are looking beyond lowering prices to attract large fund clients. In May, APRA issued a letter to Australian life insurers outlining the regulator's concerns about the group risk sector. If group insurers ...

XTBs added to Praemium, HUB24 super platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Exchange-traded bond (XTB) units have been added to HUB24 and Praemium's superannuation platforms. XTBs provide retail investors access to units of individual corporate bonds issued by the top 50 ASX-listed companies. As of today, they are available ...

Steve Helmich joins Affinia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
TAL has made two key appointments to its Affinia risk advice team. Steve Helmich has been made chair of Affinia, having joined from AMP, where he was, most recently, executive director of financial planning. Commenting on his appointment, Helmich said ...

Future Fund appoints equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

Maple-Brown Abbott global infra fund added to platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... sees the third party marketer manage relationships with the research houses and platforms. The firm's head of distribution, Alex Donald said, "The Maple-Brown Abbott GLI Fund has been hugely successful since its launch into the retail space in February ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... right at the moment," Turnbull said. During the matter of public importance debate, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, Alex Hawke, questioned Chalmers' raising of the issue "when his main point is that the government is bringing Australia into line ...

SSFS rebrands, launches digital advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
State Super Financial Services has rebranded and unveiled its new digital advice channel. Now known as StatePlus, the wealth management company is focusing on developing its digital strategy, building out facilities for digital advice delivery (including ...