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Adviser firm Collins SBA joins Godfrey Pembroke

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... for advice model for all new investment clients. "As part of MLC, together we led the industry with a clear commitment to active advice relationships and a transparent fee model," Smith said. "This is why we're attracting so many quality practices to ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
Institutional investors continue to diversify their investment portfolios into alternative assets, increasingly via direct funds rather than funds of funds, according to global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which ...

Macquarie Life outperforms in satisfaction stakes

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... he continued. In 2012, Macquarie Life introduced a range of improvements to Macquarie Life FutureWise and Macquarie Life Active to bring together the best features of both products for advisers and their clients. Since the 2011 Beaton study, Macquarie ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... positive effect, Triantafilidis said. Esemplia has US$2.3 billion in funds under management (FUM). It is a core, fundamental active investor that focuses on valuation and, in particular, net cash flows. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason ...

Australia CEO axed in Russell restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Corneil's office this morning confirmed that he had already left the business. "We've recognised a strong global move towards active, multi-asset solutions - an approach that requires a specialist toolkit of investment capabilities including customised ...

Caitriona Fay joins Perpetual's philanthropy business

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Perpetual Private, the wealth advice arm of Perpetual Limited, has appointed Caitriona Fay as its new philanthropic services manager. Fay joins Perpetual from The Ian Potter Foundation, where she held the role of senior program manager. Fay is a member ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund to reduce fees whilst also taking a more active investment approach. RBF chief investments officer Dr Ian Lundy said the new structure will deliver better value to the ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
... said the latest measurement of its Risk Adviser Sentiment Index has shown an overall up tick in sentiment amongst advisers active in the Australian life risk market. The insurance provider's index is based on responses from 213 Australian Independent ...

New Zealand Super on track after strong 2012

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... at the end of 2011. The Crown entity that manages the fund, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, says that its active strategies have added $1.3 billion to funds under management since inception, compared to the fund's passive 'Reference Portfolio' ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... see three main sources for these substantial inflows: investors getting out of term deposits; a switch from passive to active managers; and a rebalancing out of model portfolios," he explained, adding that bonds would continue to offer markedly better ...