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Grant Samuel finalises fifth partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management formed a new partnership with a Melbourne-based global equities manager. Munro Partners' long/short global equities fund - the Munro Global Growth Fund - will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by GSFM, which has ...

NAB sells trustee business to IOOF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
IOOF will acquire National Australia Trustees Limited following an agreement with NAB, making it one of Australia's largest compensation trust providers. IOOF managing director Christopher Kelaher described National Australia Trustees' offering as a ...

IRESS to support boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
A new partnership will see IRESS provide portfolio management systems to a boutique investment manager. Acorn Capital will use the IRESS Portfolio System (IPS), selecting it for the efficiencies provided by its integrated portfolio management and trading ...

Funds management not up to scratch: ASIC

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The funds management industry has demonstrated broad commitment to its legal obligations but is still falling short in a number of areas. In a report issued yesterday, ASIC found that responsible entities operating managed funds on behalf of retail ...

AIA growth strategy spawns appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
An expansion of the executive lineup at AIA Australia has seen the appointment of a new chief financial officer and the creation of two key new roles. Formerly chief financial officer, Harry Efthimiou has taken on the newly created role of chief health ...

Advisers preparing ahead of professional standards: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Sixty per cent of financial advisers are already taking some course of action to address the incoming professional standards legislation in 2019. Last week the Financial Standard weekly readership survey asked 'As a financial adviser, what are you doing ...

Financial Standard to expand into Marketing and Communications educational content

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
Financial Standard will publish a new category of educational content across its magazines next month, focusing on the critical role that marketing and communications professionals play in shaping the financial services industry. The new content category ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
The financial planning profession has maintained its reputation for being ethical and honest over the last five years, Roy Morgan research shows. About one-quarter of respondents in the market research firm's annual survey of the most highly-regarded ...

BTFG working to improve culture, ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... importantly it will help to lift consumer trust in the value of advice and their confidence in financial advice as a noble profession." The Ethics Centre executive general manager Ed St John described the program as 'transformational' for financial advisers. ...

Advisers look to increase fees: Spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Forty-five per cent of financial advisers are considering increasing client fees in the next financial year according to the latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey. The online poll published on the Financial Standard website last week asked ...