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Investors Mutual appoints Milford and Lazard vet

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
... Mutual from Milford Asset Management, where he was a portfolio manager overseeing Australian equities in the Milford Trans-Tasman Fund and Milford Australian Equities Wholesale Fund. Prior to that, he was a senior industrials analyst at Lazard Asset ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Australian consumer confidence The Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment index rebounded by 2.0% in August after declining by 3.0% in July. More importantly, at a reading of 101.4, optimists outnumbered pessimists this month. Not surprisingly ...

Invesco bolsters sales team

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Invesco Australia has strengthened its distribution team with the appointment of a director of institutional sales. Jessica Grant commenced the role on 1 August. Based in Melbourne, she is responsible for promoting Invesco's key strategies in Victoria ...

ANZ faces mis-selling allegations in court

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... to proceed. Charles and Judith Cairns, New Zealand citizens residing permanently in Australia since 2004 under the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (and granted a Special Category Visa), were offered the Easy Cover Life product in an ANZ marketing letter ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
FTA with Indonesia gets closer Australia's trade minister, Steve Ciobo, is in Jakarta this week holding talks with Indonesian Minister for Trade, Enggartiasto Lukita, trying to negotiate details of the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
Australia and NZ streamline trade deal Australia and New Zealand have signed a deal to streamline customs processing between the two nations. The Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection and New Zealand Customs Service (NZ Customs) ...

Tasplan and RBF merger confirmed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
The Tasplan and RBF Tasmanian Accumulation Scheme successor fund transfer will go ahead following support from the Tasmanian government. Tasplan currently manages $3.4 billion on behalf of 106,000 active members, with the merger and transfer of RBF ...

Infocus launches free robo-advice solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Infocus Wealth Management (Infocus) has entered the robo-advice market, launching direct-to-consumer financial advice tool, earnie.com.au. The launch of earnie.com.au allows Infocus to access the growing direct to consumer advice market, and is intended ...

Merger gives Bentleys state-wide presence

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
Mid-tier accounting and advisory network, Bentleys, has bolstered its Tasmanian presence following a merger with a Hobart-based accounting and financial planning firm. Effective from 1 July 2016, the merger with Tenuto Financial will position Bentleys ...

Milford AM appoints Aussie equities head from CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... institutional division. At Milford AM, Gentle will take over management of the Australian equity portion of the Milford Trans-Tasman Fund. Commenting on the appointment, Milford AM said in a statement: "He has a strong investment track record in managing ...