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Findex announces major business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
... involves unifying and clarifying the Findex family membership," Paule continued. "The endorsed strategy will cover all major brands in the group."

Robert Lipman re-brands, appoints MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
Advice firm Robert Lipman & Associates has changed its name and appointed a new managing director. Paul Burgon takes on the role at the firm, now known as Lipman Burgon & Partners, from founding partner Robert Lipman, who will now become executive chair. ...

Embrace change to stay relevant

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... Association of Financial Advisers National Adviser Conference in Cairns this week, McQueen cited examples of global well-known brands - such as Kodak, SAAB, Borders and Atari - that had recently collapsed due, at least in part, to their failure to innovate. ...

Steady funds thrive in low growth world

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... senior portfolio manager Bruno Paulson said. He described the strategies he manages, the Global Quality Fund and the Global Brands Fund as "highly concentrated quality funds with companies that have a very high return on levered capital and that compound ...

New IAG boss signals digital disruption focus

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... digital initiatives and innovation as well as creating incubator areas to explore new opportunities across IAG and its brands. "Peter has a great passion for leadership, developing people and delivering to customers and, coupled with his extensive insurance ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... platforms by their clients. This greater awareness of managed accounts explains why almost all the major wealth management brands - AMP, CFS, BT, ANZ, Macquarie, MLC, netwealth - now offer these next generation platform solutions to their advisers, whether ...

Invast launches thematic model portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... number of model portfolios tackling themes such as the country's aging population, US cyber security and iconic Aussie brands. The portfolios will be listed in Invast's PortfolioInvestor platform, which currently has 30 investment themes, and includes ...

ANZ restructures advice licensees

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... manager for both dealer groups and in this new role he will be responsible for driving growth across the businesses. The brands and Australian financial services licenses (AFSLs) of the two dealer groups will remain the same. "There are no plans to merge ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... China, instead of funding them with debt," he says. Hang Lung is well-known for building high quality shopping malls. "Top brands like Channel, Gucci or K-Mart will sign up with them even before they start building because they know they can be trusted." ...

Poor digital experience set to hurt revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Australia's top brands' failure to improve poor digital experience will lose customers to more tech-friendly companies, a report by SAP found. The SAP 'Australian digital experience report' found that 47% of the survey's 3,000 respondents were unsatisfied ...