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BNP Paribas IP, MFS part ways

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia and MFS Investment Management are ending their alliance for the distribution of MFS investment products across Australia and New Zealand. In a move the parties are calling amicable, MFS Investment Management ...

US retains World Bank leadership

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
World economies have reacted to news the US has retained its hold of the presidency of the World Bank following a vote. The executive directors of the World Bank Group voted Dr. Jim Yong Kim as president for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2012. ...

ASIC suspends practice licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2012
ASIC has suspended the licence of Australian Performance Financial Planning for three months for unknown reasons. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) suspended the Australian financial services licence of the Sydney-based planning ...

Report assesses super allocation issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
New Rice Warner research has assessed the current super industry's allocation position, including the issues around equity allocation, concluding that the traditional asset allocation is flawed. In its April report, Asset Allocation for MySuper, Rice ...

Aubrey lands Skandia mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Treasury Group backed global equities boutique, Aubrey Capital Management, has secured a $30 million mandate from Skandia Investment Group. The mandate was awarded after a competitive tender and takes Aubrey Capital's total funds under management to ...

Fixed income fund released

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Challenger Limited's new fixed rate, fixed income fund has officially been launched in a platform-based format to appeal to requests from financial advisers. Initially reported in late March, the newly-launched fund will manage the cashflow needs and ...

ANZ cuts wealth mgmt by 230

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
ANZ Wealth will cut 230 roles from its division, the bank confirmed today, due to rising costs and customer preferences. Initially announcing in February that 1000 jobs would be cut in the 2012 financial year, ANZ advised staff on Wednesday that around ...

CommInsure names advice distrib head

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
CommInsure has named former OnePath head Kevin Goss as its head of adviser distribution. Effective from June 11 2012, Goss will be responsible for CommInsure's national retail insurance sales. Goss was previously head of insurance sales at ANZ-owned ...

YBR launches savings fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Yellow Brick Road Holdings has launched its first high-performance savings solution in a bid to attract mum and dad investors to low-risk cash and bond markets. The YBR Smarter Money Fund invests in high-quality, investment grade cash assets and variable-rate ...

Calls for CGT merger relief

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
Lack of clarity around the Government's intention for providing capital gains taxation relief for superannuation mergers is damaging members and limiting MySuper outcomes, according to AustralianSuper and ASFA. With the rising trend of super fund mergers ...