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Partnership gives local access to global hedge fund giant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
A new distribution partnership between BNP Paribas Investment Partners Australia (BNPP IP) and Permal Group allows Australian investors access to the global alternative asset manager's funds. Through BNPP IP investors can access the Permal and Jubilee ...

Wealth Plus Solutions joins AMP's Genesys network

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
Financial planning business Wealth Plus Solutions and three other advice practices have joined AMPs adviser dealer group, Genesys Wealth Advisers. The other three practices are Rancie McLean, Frontier Financial Group and Palmer Financial, all of which ...

Super fees fall to 1.23%

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
Super fund fees have fallen to 1.23% but increased to $18.6 billion on the back of rising assets under management, reveals new research from Rainmaker. The researcher has just released their annual superannuation fee report that analysed fees offered ...

IRESS acquires UK software firm Avelo

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
IRESS is set to acquire UK-based adviser technology provider Avelo for A£210 million ($362 million), according to an announcement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The deal will be funded through $206 million share issue with each new share ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
With Treasurer Chris Bowen's campaign influencing declaration that a re-elected Labor government wouldn't make any significant changes to policy affecting the nation's superannuation savings still being digested by conference delegates, the Financial ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
The Australian market looks set to open flat following gains on Wall Street after data showed second-quarter US gross domestic product grew better than had been expected. US GDP grew 1.7 per cent in the quarter, above the 1.1 per cent pace expected ...

Industry funds 'treat us like dirt': COSBOA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2013
The Council of Small Business Australia (COSBOA) has welcomed the Government's decision to grant small businesses access to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT). COSBOA executive director Peter Strong said this would give small businesses a ...

Ex Genesys CEO joins boutique board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
Boutique investment management firm Implemented Portfolios Pty Ltd has appointed Greg Kirk to the company's board as a non-executive director. Kirk has executive experience across the financial services, including a period as chief executive of Genesys ...

Post-Bernanke uncertainty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
"Facebook and BenO are now friends." This is what my 'friends' and 'friends of friends' would see on my Facebook status from this day onwards. For how could you not 'like' something that increases your wealth by as much as 31.6% in one single day? Facebook ...

Scam artists impersonate ASIC and MoneySmart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013
Consumers are being warned to be wary of scam artists impersonating representatives of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and MoneySmart. ASIC said the confidence tricksters are calling up from offshore telling unsuspecting ...