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Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with ...

Equity Trustees appoints new CFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
ASX-listed Equity Trustees has announced its new chief financial officer to replace Terry Ryan who will retire in 2015 after 12 years with the company. Joining Equity Trustees is Grocon chief financial officer Philip Gentry who begins his new role in ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Super fund chairs have expressed caution over the administration transition occurring at Link Group, saying there is a large responsibility to deliver the right technology outcomes for both long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
Like most of Australia's major industries, the future prosperity for the financial services sector clearly lies in Asia. Australians constantly talk of the economic opportunity presented by the three billion people that will be in the Asian middle class ...

Lead us not into a recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2015
Oh-em-gee! Australia, for sure and for certain, is in trouble now. Economic growth has slowed to a crawl - a mere 0.2% in the second quarter - and that 2.5% below-trend growth in the first quarter we've all been moaning about has fallen below-er trend ...

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
First State Super will be the first of Pillar Administration's clients to roll out a full migration to superannuation and investment software program Acurity. Yesterday Financial Synergy said it would implement Acurity across Pillar Administration's ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... to China," State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of Investment Solutions Group for Asia Pacific Mark Wills says. "But ours is a horrendously bad index," he adds, in reference to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) lack of diversification across ...

Magellan doubles profit, boosts FUM

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group reported a 110% increase in net profit for the year to 30 June 2015 mainly thanks to double digit returns in all of its funds. "The largest contributor to funds under management during the past was actually investment performance. ...

AdviserLogic enlists Rice Warner for RiskLogic upgrade

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
AdviserLogic has partnered with Rice Warner to upgrade RiskLogic, its insurance quoting and comparison service. Rice Warner has provided new data which includes legacy insurance product research and quoting on 1,200 products in the group, platform and ...

Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Generation Y-targeted advice firm Wealth Enhancers has set up its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Wealth Enhancers was previously aligned with Synchron. According to Wealth Enhancers financial coach Rebecca Boles, the decision to go ...