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Managedaccounts.com.au adds adviser to sales team

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
Managedaccounts.com.au has expanded its sales and relationship management team, appointing a former Melbourne- based financial planner. Doug Kirkham has joined the managed account provider from advisory firm, Cameron Walshe Financial Planning, where ...

FSC annual conference 2014 - Day 1 newsletter

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Want to catch up on all the news from Day 1 of the 2014 FSC annual conference? Check out Financial Standard's conference newsletter. Highlights from Day 1 include FSC chairman Greg Cooper's opening address and a keynote presentation from ASIC deputy ...

Barrack St raises $16 million through IPO

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
Manny Pohl's Barrack Street Investments is scheduled to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on August 14 after it raised $16 million through its initial public offer (IPO). The small and mid-cap listed investment company will be managed ...

Countplus' TFS increases equity in advice firm

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Countplus-owned Total Financial Solutions (TFS) has brought a financial advice firm under its Australian financial services (AFS) license and has acquired equity on one of its practices. Hunter Financial Planning will now operate under TFS' license ...

Folkestone acquires land for planned community

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
Listed real estate funds manager Folkestone has entered into a joint venture with ID_Land to establish the Folkestone Truganina Development Fund. The Fund has acquired an 80% interest in a 52.5 hectare residential master planned community in Melbourne's ...

Super posts 12.7 pct for FY2014

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
SelectingSuper has just released its 2013-14 super fund performance tables revealing that funds have had another strong year delivering an average 12.7% while CFS FirstChoice was the top performing Workplace fund. Reinforcing the strong performance ...

Morphic fund listed in the BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund has been added to the BT Wrap platform amid growth of investor interest in global equity funds that provide flexible hedging strategies. The Fund is long-short global equities strategy with a mid-cap focus and close ...

PineBridge launches DAA fund

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
A leading Australian public sector state fund has seeded the PineBridge Global Dynamic Absolute Return Fund. The global multi-asset class investment manager's first Australian managed fund adopts a dynamic asset allocation (DAA) investment approach ...

Lonsec makes portfolio manager changes after review

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
Following a strategic asset allocation (SAA) and model portfolio review, Lonsec 's Core Model Portfolios will now have a more balanced allocation between global and Australian equities and an increased allocation to alternative assets. The investment ...

ME Bank makes key appointment from GE Capital

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
ME Bank has appointed a former GE Capital risk expert to the position of chief risk officer. Carlo Cataldo spent 13 years with GE Capital, six as the consumer chief risk officer, and will now be tasked with capitalising on the comprehensive credit reporting ...