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FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...

Equip appoints digital specialist to board

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Equip has appointed an executive with experience leading digital media and marketing ventures as its new member director. Pippa Leary started in the role on 17 July 2015. She is also chief executive officer of digital advertising company Apex Premium ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Meetings between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and company boards are considered good value yet the workload placed on boards by the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking ...

Advisers need to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The financial advice industry depends on collaboration between planners, according to Complete Financial Balance principal Brendan Cox. Speaking at the 2015 Association of Financial Advisers National Roadshow in Sydney, Cox - whose company won the 2014 ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
New Zealand's Financial Services Council (FSC) has commissioned a report on life insurance advice, with Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair John Trowbridge selected as an adviser for the project. Consulting actuaries Melville Jessup Weaver ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
Recent high-profile mergers and acquisitions of aligned advisers by independent groups are a sign of a growing trend. In the past three months, former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett's firm AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ ...

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
It was the best of times then... it became the worst of times. 'twas only three months ago, the New Zealand dollar climbed higher and higher against the Australian dollar and was widely expected to breached parity because "...the NZ dollar genuinely ...

Fiducian appoints former Media Super chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
Fiducian has appointed a new head of superannuation. Ross Martin was previously Media Super's chief executive from 2003 to 2012. During that period, Media Super funds under management grew from $600 million to over $3 billion. In addition to his new ...

Power in super advertising

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Capturing an audience in the superannuation industry remains a challenge and in recent months several funds have rolled out new marketing campaigns to attract the biggest possible market. The question is, which Australians are paying attention? Breakfast ...

NSW Advisers Big Day Out kicks off next week

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Registrations for the Financial Standard's NSW Advisers Big Day Out Investment Manager Roadshow are closing soon. The country's leading fund managers, including Altair Asset Management, Auscap Asset Management, Insync Funds Management, La Trobe Financial ...