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Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
Tom Culver, chief executive and co-founder of Goodments, was named the winner of the inaugural EY WAMTech PitchFest. Goodments, which uses environmental, social and governance data to help retail investors screen for stocks based on sustainability factors ...

Asset managers still charging more for less

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... that, on average, actively managed funds did not outperform their own benchmarks after fees - for both retail and institutional investors - the FCA said there was no clear relationship between charges and the gross outperformance of retail active funds. ...

FPA supports ASIC independence definition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is voicing its support for ASIC's definitions on independent financial advice. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said it is important to note that the definition of 'independent' under s923A of the Corporations ...

Magellan adds John Eales to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... million of net retail inflows into global equities strategies, $30 million into infrastructure equities; and net institutional inflows of $77 million.

Family office takes asset manager stake to $55m

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... Metropolitan REIT back in 2014, of which it now owns 7.3%. The Centuria Industrial REIT also announced a $35 million institutional placement to fund the acquisition of "two strategic assets" with an aggregate purchase price of $65 million; the Lederer ...

Powerwrap raises $19.4 million for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... platform undertook a capital raising through a private placement with pro-rata priority to existing shareholders and an institutional placement. The raise closed oversubscribed and was supported by a number of new and institutional investors. In a statement ...

Super fund inks multi-million dollar tech upgrade

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
A $24 billion industry superannuation fund has signed an enterprise-wide managed services agreement with global information and communication technology service provider Dimension Data. The agreement will see Dimension Data design, supply, implement ...

Independence definition too restrictive: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Philip Kewin said ASIC's interpretation of the terms "independent", "impartial" and "unbiased" is too restrictive. Kewin's comments follow yesterday's news that the regulator had received legal advice ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... demanding better portfolio diversification and value for money. That is the view of about two-thirds of 500 global institutional investors highlighted in a State Street study which looks at the preparedness of asset managers' business models relative ...

Man posing as financial adviser charged

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
A Sydney man posing as a financial adviser has been charged after he allegedly defrauded elderly clients of their life savings. The 34-year-old man, who was the sole director of a Woollahra-based finance and investment company, was arrested yesterday ...