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PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

Challenger backs $4bn global infrastructure business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014
Challenger and Access Capital Advisers (ACA) are set to merge their infrastructure investment operations into a $4 billion boutique infrastructure business called Whitehelm Capital. The new business will start operating on July 1, 2014, with 48 employees ...

Flash Boys is 'complete nonsense': CMCRC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
A recent high-profile book criticising high frequency trading (HFT) has been branded 'nonsense' by the Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) with the group urging regulators not to respond to the scaremongering. The research body has released ...

FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the two winners of the inaugural Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) university research grants. A team from Griffith University and a consortium of academics from Griffith University, University ...

SSFS awards $90M emerging markets mandate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) has given Acadian Asset Management a $90 million emerging markets managed volatility mandate. Acadian AM is a joint venture between US fund manager Acadian Boston and Colonial First State that manages Australian ...

Robeco fund recommended by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
The Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The Fund is an active, long only, quantitative emerging-markets equities strategy. It invests in listed equities in global emerging markets and the strategy ...

ISA pushes for full transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Super funds have an obligation to be fully transparent with regard to their fees, costs and asset allocation, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. In a submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...

Hillross awards advisers amid AMP restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
AMP-owned Hillross has awarded the professionalism of three of its financial advisers through the annual 2013 Hillross Awards Program. Sydney adviser Ian Smith was given the 2013 Hillross Adviser of the Year award and the judging panel highlighted his ...

It's good, it's bad, it's faked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2014

Westpac trumpets infrastructure's 'annuity style' potential

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
Increased investment in infrastructure by superannuation funds would provide retirees with a much-needed "annuity-style" income stream, according to Westpac Group. In a submission to the Productivity Commission's Public Infrastructure Inquiry, the bank ...