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SMSF rollovers hit $8 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
Retail superannuation funds accounted for more than half of the $8.1 billion rolled in to self-managed super funds in the 12 months to June 2016. Rainmaker analysis of APRA data also shows retail super funds made up nine of the biggest 10 outflows to ...

Pengana hires Morningstar manager ahead of merger vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Pengana Capital has appointed a new regional distribution manager for Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, ahead of its proposed merger with Hunter Hall. Guy Callaghan joins Pengana from Morningstar, where he was a regional business ...

Voting opens for MAX Awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
One hundred finalists across 20 categories will represent leading financial services marketing, advertising and sales professionals at the 2017 Financial Standard MAX Awards. As voted by Financial Standard's readership, the 2017 Marketing, Advertising ...

Fund manager appoints new COO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Aurora Funds Management, currently embroiled in an ASIC dispute over its voting power in Molopo Energy, has appointed a new chief operating officer. Ben Norman, previously a director in EY's transaction advisory services business, will take on the role ...

Twelve million Aussies see benefits of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
A new advertising campaign launched by the Financial Planning Association of Australia is attempting to bust the myth that financial advice is just for the wealthy. The nationwide initiative is designed to demonstrate the value of financial advice ...

Legalsuper awards global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Legalsuper, the $3.1 billion super fund for Australia's legal community, awarded a global equities mandate to a boutique firm in Florida. GQG Partners was launched in June 2016 as a subsidiary of Pacific Current Group, and manages $4.5 billion in assets ...

Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
Nominations for the Asteron Life and the Association of Financial Advisers' annual Excellence in Education Award are now open. Celebrating its 10th year, the award recognises financial advisers who demonstrate professionalism and commitment to further ...

ASIC bans company director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
A former director of a Melbourne-based investment banking securities dealer and asset management firm was banned from providing financial services by ASIC. Bingxing Hu was banned for five years after an ASIC investigation found he knowingly engaged ...

The prescience of Super Mario

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
Rising momentum in the Eurozone economy have triggered speculations that the European Central Bank (ECB) would not only taper its QE programme soon but also lift interest rates by the first quarter of 2018. The problem with this is that stronger economic ...

Keybridge disputes board spill allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Keybridge Capital strenuously denied that its call to appoint three Keybridge nominees to the board of Molopo Energy constitutes a "board spill." On March 14, Keybridge served a notice to Molopo requesting the latter call a general meeting to allow ...