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YBR Smarter Money returns 5.0% over June quarter

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Yellow Brick Road Holdings' "active cash" fund, YBR Smarter Money (Smarter Money) has returned 5% per annum after all fund fees over the June quarter. Smarter Money is an "active cash" or short-term fixed-interest fund that invests in Australian deposits ...

ClearView appoints three BDMs

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
ClearView Wealth Limited has announced the appointment of three business development managers to its distribution team. Maree Feek has over 14 years' experience in the industry and has been appointed as a BDM for Queensland. She previously held positions ...

GARS added to BT Wrap platform

HARRY PAGE, MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Standard Life Investments' flagship multi-asset absolute return fund is now available on the BT Wrap platform. Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) was established in the UK in 2006. The multi-asset strategy aims to provide positive returns irrespective ...

ASIC jails AMP former adviser

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
A former authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning has been jailed for 13 years after being convicted for 181 counts of theft. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned former Tina Louise McPhee in ...

Big Sky appoints former ANZ exec

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Big Sky Building Society, a financial services branch of the Australian Unity Group has appointed former ANZ executive, Robert Bell as chief executive. Bell was previously the chief executive of ANZ's Japan operations. Bell formerly worked as ANZ's ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... Commission. Last Friday, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the government needs to "carefully consider" the Committee's 500-page report. "We do obviously have an inquiry into financial governance going on now. We want to get to the bottom of these ...

Senate inquiry reccommends Royal Commission into CBA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Bank financial planning businesses. This is one of the 61 recommendations that the Economics Committee has outlined in a 553-page report that gathers the conclusions of the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Standard Life expands real estate team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Standard Life Investments has appointed former LaSalle Investment Management exec, Toshio Tangiku as Asia-Pacific real estate equities analyst. Tangiku previously worked at LaSalle where he worked from 2008 to this year. Tangiku will be based in Hong ...

Morningstar re-jigs Australasian team

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
Morningstar has promoted Tom Whitelaw to director of manager research ratings after seven years with the firm. Whitelaw will work alongside director of manager research Tim Murphy. He will be responsible for managing the research team and schedule and ...

Wall Street is in a spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
Wall Street down... on Iraq... on escalating Middle East tensions... Sounds about quite right 'eh Virginia? After all, an escalation of conflict in the land of the sand dunes would lift the price of what's underneath those sand dunes - oil. This, in ...