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Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
The total number of registered financial advisers increased by 10% in the 12 months to March 2017, and non-institutionally-aligned dealer groups captured more than 70% of this growth, according to Rainmaker research. While institutionally-aligned licensees ...

UK regulator increases support for new starters

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
As part of its crusade to increase competition in the UK's asset management sector, the Financial Conduct Authority will establish a hub to assist new entrants to the industry. Speaking at an investment conference in Europe, FCA executive director of ...

AMP Capital takes stake in Sydney development

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
AMP Capital, along with a $60 billion superannuation fund, has made a significant investment in a Sydney property development being overseen by a $300 billion US asset manager. AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF) agreed to purchase a 25% interest ...

Industry body questions AFCA funding model

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
Funding of the newly established Australian Financial Complaints Authority must be fairly distributed across the financial services industry to reflect the accountability of each sector. In its submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics ...

NZ Super Fund posts record returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund had one of its best years yet posting an annual return of more than 20%. For the 12 months to 30 June 2017, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund turned in a 20.71% (after expenses, before tax) return. This follows ...

Head of distribution exits listed platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... FuturePlus Financial Services. He is also a former head of distribution at Decimal and former associate director of institutional sales for Asgard. The news follows on from the platform's 2017 annual results which saw the company return its first full-year ...

FSC takes aim at complacency in super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The Financial Services Council has partnered with a superannuation consultancy to take aim at what it perceives as a complacent super industry. In a report developed alongside Trustee Tailored Super (TTS), the FSC makes an argument that while the world ...

State Street introduces machine learning tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
State Street has launched a machine learning solution to help investment professionals wade through the plethora of research reports they receive on a daily basis. Through the combination of machine learning and human expertise, the new Quantextual ...

Managed Accounts Holdings acquires competitor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... significant scale and an extensive suite of products for financial advisers, stockbrokers, investment managers and the institutional market. Combined, Linear and MGP administer more than $11 billion in funds - about $4 billion of which sits in managed ...

Centuria buyout proposal leads to board stoush

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... account the nature of consideration, the underlying value of PLG's investment portfolio, co-investment stakes and institutional wholesale funds management platform." The board also said PLG shareholders would be exposed to "significant value risk" in ...