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DeVere helped US press expose investment fraud

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
Global adviser group deVere provided evidence of what a spokesperson described as "one of the largest financial scams in history" to a US-based investigative news service. DeVere, which has recently been expanding its Australian operations, worked with ...

VicSuper awards $100 million mandate to AB

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
AllianceBernstein has been awarded a $100 million mandate from VicSuper for its Emerging Consumer strategy. "The Emerging Consumer strategy will diversify our emerging-market equities exposure. We were impressed by the product's uniqueness," said VicSuper ...

Wealth managers need to be 'service-oriented'

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Rapidly advancing technology and sweeping regulatory changes are forcing wealth managers to adapt their service offerings, according to joint research by Deloitte and Efma. The research paper, "Wealth management and Private Banking - Connecting with ...

Life cover shifting to younger, lower-income households

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
Appetite for life insurance is growing in younger, lower-income households and dropping in older, more affluent demographic groups. This is the conclusion of TAL's 2015 Australian Financial Protection Index, based on an online survey of 1,266 Australians ...

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Actuaries Institute recommended increased policy focus on retirement income in its final FSI submission. The submission emphasised the issue of existing regulatory barriers to improving Australia's retirement income system, arguing that a legislative ...

Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Macquarie has confirmed it will close Risk Advice Specialists, a boutique advisory dealer group operating under the Macquarie AFSL. Financial Standard understands that the five Risk Advice Specialists planners will transition to other licensees outside ...

Finance dominates top Australian companies list

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Finance, superannuation and insurance companies continue to feature prominently in IBISWorld's Top 1000 Australian companies report. Aside from the big four banks, which retain their place in the top 10, there were a further 134 financial and insurance ...

Labor backs ASIC data retention authority

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus voiced his support for amendments to the Government's data retention bill which authorise the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to retain telecommunications data for the purposes of investigating ...

YBR boutique wins $50 million mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
Boutique fixed income manager Smarter Money Investments, a joint venture between Coolabah Capital Investments and Yellow Brick Road, has been awarded a $50 million institutional mandate. SMI's Smarter Money Active Cash Fund (Assisted Units) also received ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
APRA has made multiple changes to its senior executive team. Steve Matthews has been appointed executive general manager, corporate services, having been APRA's chief financial officer since 2010. Brandon Khoo replaces Keith Chapman as executive general ...