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Spreads reduced in bond trading facility

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... bps and some even above 100 bps. In liquid government bonds, the majority of the trades are now executed on mid-prices or close to mid-prices, effectively cancelling the bid/offer spread in this bond category. The time limit for any bond trade in the ...

HESTA appoints new insurer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
HESTA is joining the list of industry superannuation funds to move away from CommInsure as its group insurer. As part of a regular review of its insurance arrangements, the $39 billion industry fund announced it will appoint AIA Australia as its insurer ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn." This is one of the immortal quotes from the 1939 classic movie, "Gone With the Wind" and, it appears, the same words China's financial markets gave to Moody's Investors Service when it downgraded China's long-term ...

ASX creates more opportunities for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
Listing smaller and foreign IPOs on the ASX will create greater opportunities for Australians as local investors gain exposure to offshore markets and technology companies, says ASX chief executive Dominic Stevens. Speaking at yesterday's Conference ...

IRESS head of super retires

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
IRESS' managing director of superannuation will retire from the financial technology provider at the end of September 2017. Stephen Mackley was previously the chief executive of Financial Synergy - the superannuation technology business acquired by ...

Retail super fund members increasingly satisfied

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
Superannuation fund members with balances less than $100,000 are showing greater customer satisfaction levels among retail funds as opposed to industry fund competitors. Data from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that from more than 30,000 ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... new platform that allows them to pitch their ideas to WAM executives and potential investors and customers." Applications close on 7 June and will be reviewed by a judging panel comprising of WAM, financial services and fintech industry leaders. For ...

AFA and ANZ begin search for 2017 Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... develop a custom-made strategy to support their unique advice offering. Nominations for the 2017 Rising Star of the Year Award close on 28 July, with the winner to be announced at the AFA National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast in October.

New national manager for IOOF Alliances

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
A former senior manager at Zurich and SuiteBox Solutions is now the national manager of IOOF's Alliances business. Most recently the regional sales manager Asia Pacific for SuiteBox, Andy Marshall is now tasked with leading and growing the IOOF Alliances ...

Perennial micro-cap fund gets Lonsec tick

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... services Brian Thomas added the trust's portfolio managers are investing alongside clients' funds, and that the trust will close when it reaches $150 million to protect existing investors. "Investors are perhaps rightly cynical about fund managers' interests ...