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Knight Financial Advisors unveils new MDA service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
Self-licensed advisory firm Knight Financial Advisors has launched a new managed discretionary account (MDA) service built in partnership with listed managed account operator Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP). The service replaces the licensee's proprietary ...

Perpetual promotes executive to analyst role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... has worked across several divisions. In his new role Phillips will focus on strategies covering mainly consumer discretionary, industrial, chemical and diversified financial companies. Perpetual head of equities, Paul Skamvougeras said Phillips' appointment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... six months -- following an unchanged reading in the previous month, indicating that Australian consumer is lifting discretionary spending. This is also a reflection of the gains in the domestic labour market but is contrary to the indications served ...

Gender super gap widest for women at lower income levels

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... higher super savings than their male counterparts on the same income. "Clearly women, with the benefit of higher discretionary incomes and attractive tax incentives can be better super savers than their male peers. The new data is the first comprehensive ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... way people save and put money in to and take money out of their 401k plan," Lester said. "But they're [401ks] very discretionary, you don't have to sign up, you don't have to contribute, and there's a lot of leakage." She says there has been a focus ...

European Cities Fund to take advantage of future proof cities

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
... were assessed based on three major factors; quality of life and technology, urbanisation and youth population, and discretionary spending which resulted in 42 cities being identified as best placed to benefit from long-term demand for real estate. European ...

HUB24 signs white label deal with Lifespan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
... efficiently deliver our own unique investment offering. Lifespan has been offering clients access to its limited managed discretionary account services since 2011, and HUB24's superior platform technology means we can provide a second offering which ...

Magellan average monthly inflows hit $214m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... through 2016) will hinder Magellan's record flows into the strategy over the next year, Douglass said, "Yes, it will. Discretionary money - the timing of which people invest does get influenced by market sentiment. But does that worry me? No. That's ...

Man Group appoints EM debt head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Man Group's discretionary investment management subsidiary Man GLG has appointed a head of emerging market debt strategies. Based in New York, Guillermo OssA(C)s joins Man GLG from HSBC Asset Management, where he was working from 2011 overseeing the ...

Cumulus practices dumping wraps for MDAs

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
Four Cumulus Financial Group-aligned practices have started offering managed discretionary account services, finding them more efficient than wrap platforms. The practices - Shine Financial Services, Array Financial Services, Mayneline Financial Services ...