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Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
Financial advisers are playing a major role in the increase of exchange-traded fund holdings among investors as use of these indexed investment vehicles is also becoming more sophisticated. Vanguard and Tria Investment Partners have released research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... than market expectations for a 0.5% fall. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showed purchases dropped in all three major categories last month: passenger vehicles (-1.2%); SUVs (-2.6%); other vehicles (-4.8%). In year-on-year terms, total new ...

Wilson Group acquires $19bn fund manager and restructures board

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Wilson Group has announced it will acquire the remaining 25% of a major investment manager with over $19 billion in funds under management. The remaining 25% stake in Pinnacle Investment Management is owned by Pinnacle chair and managing director Ian ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Financial planners have improved their standing in the Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey but still have some way to go before they can be considered one of the most trusted professions. Of the 30 professions included in the survey, financial planners ...

Whitehelm Capital and Prime Super partner for bond investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has led the majority investment in a senior secured bond issuance by Autovia del Noroeste (Aunor), a mature shadow toll road located in Murcia, Spain. Whitehelm's investment was made on behalf of industry superannuation ...

Govt underestimates SMSF Budget impact: BGL

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... politics. "Many people are disillusioned with their superannuation. They feel the proposed superannuation policies of all the major parties are simply unfair to people who have worked all their lives to build retirement savings. They are bad for SMSFs ...

Keybridge receives restructure proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
Keybridge Capital has announced it has received a restructure proposal from a major boutique asset manager. Following the proposal from Wilson Asset Management (WAM), Keybridge's board will convene for an extraordinary general meeting, and will consult ...

MyState appoints technology provider

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... customers." Rubik Financial services 110 out of 171 Australian authorised deposit taking Institutions (ADIs), including all four major Australian banks. Rubik's software includes financial planning software, mortgage software, and core banking systems. ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... clear about the Mercer senior partner is an industry knowledge that's worth listening to. Opening the 2016 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia spoke highly of the man. Garcia ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... month and lower than market expectations for 0% growth. Except for energy production (up 2.0% over the month), output in major categories dropped in March: non-durable consumer goods (-1.9%); capital goods (-1.1%); intermediate goods (-0.8%); durable ...