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Advisers boost ethical investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
A niche group of financial advisers have collectively boosted their ethically screened investments to $1.2 billion over the past year. Ethical Advisers' Co-operative (EAC) chair Terry Pinnell said the jump in funds under advice represents a 10% increase ...

Grant Samuel finalises fifth partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
Grant Samuel Funds Management formed a new partnership with a Melbourne-based global equities manager. Munro Partners' long/short global equities fund - the Munro Global Growth Fund - will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand by GSFM, which has ...

AZ NGA edges on $5bn with next acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
AZ Next Generation Advisory's acquisition of a Cairns-based financial advice practice brings the firm's total assets under management to about $5 billion. The binding purchase agreement with Menico Tuck Parrish Financial Services (MTPFS), established ...

Life insurance claims handling must improve: ISWG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
The Insurance in Superannuation Working Group is calling for the removal of complexity around claims handling. Releasing the second of its discussion papers around the development of the Life Insurance Code of Practice for superannuation trustees, the ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Returns from thematic robo-advice portfolios can be boosted by using quantitative metrics that won't increase investors' risk, according to digital investment solutions company Quantifeed. In its whitepaper, Designing thematic indices with a quantitative ...

Property manager creates unlisted fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
A subsidiary of an Australian property fund manager recently launched its new unlisted property fund. This week Centuria Property Funds launched the Centuria Diversified Property Fund. It is a multi-asset, open-ended unlisted property fund with an objective ...

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
Melbourne based insurance broker, Anthony Doring, has been permanently banned from providing financial services. Following an ASIC hearing the regulator found that Doring, manager of Phil Doring Insurance Brokers (PDIB) deliberately engaged in dishonest ...

DNR Capital adds two investment platforms

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
Fund manager DNR Capital today announced that its Australian Equities High Conviction Fund will be available to financial advisers via two platforms. DNR Capital will make the fund available via investment platform Macquarie Wrap and super platform ...

Pinnacle grows distribution capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017
Pinnacle Investment Management will welcome a former senior manager at Macquarie Investment Management as its associate director of distribution. Eu-Jene Teng has been appointed to the role in an expansion of the distribution team and its capabilities ...

Bus operator fails to pay super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
A Gold Coast tour bus operator accused of failing to pay the superannuation guarantee to two workers from non-English speaking backgrounds will face court over thousands of dollars of alleged underpayments. A driver for AVA Travel contacted the Fair ...