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Sentry advisers' new referral opps

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... process, known as the Structured Referral System (SRS) initiative, is reportedly the first of its type in the Australian marketplace. Instead of a joint venture between financial services and the real estate industry as has happen previously, property ...

Eaton Vance affiliate names Aust MD

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012
... projects. "The opportunity for Parametric to bring these value-added solutions to Australia is very exciting, as the marketplace here increases its focus on after-tax performance outcomes,' said Lawrence. Parametric provides taxable portfolio management ...

Retail and insto teams combine to drive strategy

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... from an investor and adviser confidence perspective. We have observed a change in where the decisions are made in the marketplace around funds, research, ratings, portfolio construction and the role of multi-managers," said Geoff Lloyd, Perpetual's group ...

Sunsuper appoints State Street as custodian

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... technical services and solutions are transportable but we combine that with the ability to tailor solutions to the local marketplace. "It is about leveraging the global solutions to tailor to the local market to meet local requirements, for example the ...

Chi-X and ASX go head to head

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... already provided benefits, and we expect that these benefits will continue to flow to the investment community once our marketplace is fully operational," said chief operating officer, Chi-X Australia, Peter Fowler. The government also welcomed the launch ...

Multiport hits $2bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... but for such a large administration group to be so small relative to the SMSF market shows how fragmented the SMSF marketplace remains. The fragmentation is because, while there are around 10 major SMSF external administration groups providing services ...

International planning expert urges advisers to voice FOFA concerns

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011
... Financial Standard a number of Australian planners he has met with are concerned they're serving fewer people in the marketplace "When I speak around the world with sales groups I'm not surprised that many of them are not filling their calendars as well ...

Citi mandates Fidessa for global derivatives platform

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... conviction in bringing Fidessa's industrial-strength platform and precision- based delivery model to the derivatives marketplace," said Stephen Barrow, global sales director, Fidessa. Fidessa has hosting centres in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific ...

Zurich builds retail risk with new appt

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... relationships in the industry make her ideally suited to take advantage of the platform Zurich has already established in the marketplace," said Philip Kewin, general manager sales and marketing, Retail Risk. "We've had fantastic growth in Retail Risk ...

AFS to focus on independent market

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... Strategic Development Group (SDG), a group of 15 advisers, acted as a focus group and tested what advisers want in the marketplace. "We were looking for the ability to build our own product from the ground up so we contribute to every aspect of the product ...