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Sunsuper names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... has named former National Australia Bank (NAB) executive Scott Hartley as its new chief executive. Hartley takes over the top job at the $25 billion industry fund from previous chief executive Tony Lally. Hartley's most recent role was as executive general ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street's strong gains following better-than-expected US jobs figures. At 0802 AEDT on Monday, the December share price index futures contract was up 55 points at 5,464. The US Labor Department ...

UBS Australia to launch family office service

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... of these valued clients." UBS launched the Global Family Office (GFO) offering globally in 2011 to focus primarily on its top 250 largest institution-like or professional family office prospects and clients, who represent around 2% of its total ultra-high ...

Advisers coming round to social media

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... actively using social media to connect with clients, with LinkedIn the most popular platform for sharing business information. On top of that, more than 50% of advisers are connected with their business development managers through social media. Philip ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013

Fund returns dip to 15pct

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 13.4% for a segment gap that has held about steady on 2.5 percentage points. The top five Workplace super funds (by default options) over the 12 months were Lutheran Super with 19.6%, Arc TOWER with 19.5% ...

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Financial planners are fishing for new clients among Australians who have never sought advice before, but technology could help them reconnect with disengaged clients already in their practices. "There are very few practices that don't have a number ...

FPA to hold 2014 Congress in Adelaide

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will hold its next annual conference on November 20 to 21, 2014, in Adelaide. The organisation said this year's conference gathered over 1,000 financial planners in Sydney. The most popular sessions were personal ...

Leading fund manager demands reporting rule change

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... some companies are giving institutional shareholders an unfair advantage by providing "privileged information," according to top Australian fund manager John Abernathy. The Clime Asset Management chief investment officer wants to see Australia follow ...

Super funds shun Aussie managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... 12 months to 30 June 2013 and the 12 months to 30 June 2012, Realindex was the only local manager to appear in the list of top 20 managers by assets awarded. In 2011, Five Oceans was the only other Australian manager to join Realindex in the top 20. ...