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ETF market breaks multiple industry records

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... to September 2014.) "The Australian ETF market went from strength to strength in 2014," said BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur. "Products providing exposure to developed market international equities, particularly the US, were the largest beneficiary ...

Investment Trends releases 2014 platform report

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Investment Trends has released its 2014 platform report, which compares 466 "key characteristics" of 12 major investment platforms. Originally made available to Investment Trends clients in December, the report highlights increasing regulatory compliance ...

APRA relaxes 'select' option data rules

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reacted to industry pressure and watered down the data reporting requirements for super funds regarding 'select' investment options. Select investment options are non-MySuper investment options. ...

Equip appoints new member director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Equip has appointed Jane Simon as a member director following previous member director Trevor Birkbeck's retirement last year. Simon previously served as partner and executive director, private wealth management at Goldman Sachs/JB Were. "We are extremely ...

APX to be integrated into IRESS platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX) and IRESS have announced that the APX market will be fully integrated into IRESS institutional and wealth management platforms. This will give Australian IRESS clients access to APX market activity and order management ...

Investec appoints managing director, corporate advisory

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Investec Australia has appointed Malcolm Ezzy as the new managing director of its corporate advisory business. Having held previous positions at Credit Suisse, ABN Amro Australia and most recently boutique investment firm Aquasia, Ezzy will advise on ...

Super trustees must be vigilant about managers: Deloitte

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Superannuation trustees need to actively prioritise implemented asset consultants that add value, according to new research by Deloitte Actuaries & Consultants. Deloitte surveyed six major consultants over the five years to 30 June 2014, using the Vanguard ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced record numbers of advisers applying for its masters-level Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation. According to AFA chief executive Brad Fox, the FChFP curriculum has been ...

Lonsec rolling out cloud-based practice management tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Lonsec Stockbroking has partnered with GBST to release Lonsec FrontOffice, a cloud-based practice management software suite. Offered free to clients, FrontOffice is designed to streamline the admin process for advisers by allowing rapid consolidated ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...