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AMP Capital fundamental equities head retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
AMP Capital's head of fundamental equities has announced her retirement. Ella Brown joined the company in 2011, where she oversaw many aspects of AMP Capital's Global equities and fixed income division. Prior to that, she held non-executive investment ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Is there? Is there not? A deal between 'the institutions' and Greece? It's a mere three winks away to crunch time and yet, there's still conflicting news on whether or not 'the institutions' would give Athens the euros it needs to repay one of 'the ...

Remuneration has no bearing on advice quality

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The head of Bombora Advice, which has just acquired two new financial advice practices, has defended commission based remuneration structures for risk advisers. Commenting on the recent inquiries into commission-based remuneration structures in the ...

Industry reacts to ASIC register update

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
ASIC has updated the Financial Advisers Register to include qualifications, training and professional association memberships. Announcing the changes, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell said: "We want consumers to be able to make an informed decision in their ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Treasury's proposed changes to the Age Pension in the 2015 Budget were targeted at "liquid millionaires" claiming government assistance, but some industry figures say the new rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight. At 0642 AEST on Tuesday, the June share price index futures contract was up 15 points at 5,745. Locally on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank holds its monthly board meeting ...

MTAA Super appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
MTAA Super has appointed a new director to its board. Rhonda O'Donnell also holds board positions at Slater & Gordon, Catapult Sports, DB Results, RMIT University and Insync. MTAA Super currently holds $8.5 billion in funds under management and recently ...

Risk inflows up despite tightening margins

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Total risk market inflows are up 9.5% to $14.5 billion in the year to March 2015. Research by actuarial firm Plan for Life shows that individual risk lump sum premium inflows accounted for the majority of the total, with $6.4 billion coming in during ...

Treasury examining ASX monopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
Assistant Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the Government is considering encouraging competition in equities clearing to break up the ASX's monopoly. Speaking at the 2015 Annual Stockbrokers Conference in Sydney, Frydenberg conceded there had already ...

Franklin Templeton appoints CFS BDM

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
Franklin Templeton has appointed a key account manager to its retail advice distribution team. David Fearnley, who will be based in Franklin Templeton's Melbourne office, was most recently a business development manager at Colonial First State. He has ...