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Praemium appoints head of distribution

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Praemium has appointed a head of distribution with over 10 years' experience on platform administration and investment management. Edward Caser was previously at boutique portfolio administration firm Integrated Portfolio Solutions (IPS), a Praemium ...

PwC partner to join NAB board

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
A PricewaterhouseCoopers partner will retire in July and join the National Australia Bank (NAB) as a non-executive director of the board. NAB chairman Michael Chaney confirmed that PwC partner David Armstrong's role as board director will start on August ...

SSgA appoints head of intermediary business

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... international head of operations and technology for SSgA based in London. In his new role, MacNevin will manage client facing staff and work closely with product development, distribution, marketing, research and the capital markets teams to deliver ...

FEAL to recognise top superannuation CIOs and COOs

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... Awards, which recognises excellence and continued professional development in the superannuation industry. It is open to staff in said positions at fiduciary funds, including superannuation funds, government funds, statutory insurance funds, and multi-managers ...

Henderson appoints head of retail sales

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
Henderson Global Investors has appointed Jordan Tang as head of retail distribution for its Australian business. Tang will be responsible for the distribution of investment capabilities across the company's retail channels and will report to Henderson ...

Federal Court reduces Wealthsure compensation

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Federal Court has reduced the compensation amount that Wealthsure will need to pay to two of its former clients. The court determined that Wealthsure, financial adviser David Bertram and its directors are "concurrent wrongdoers in relation to the ...

Legg Mason bond fund upgraded by Lonsec

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
The Legg Mason Australian Bond Trust has been upgraded by Lonsec to 'Highly Recommended.' The Trust is managed by Legg Mason's largest affiliate fund manager and fixed income specialist with US$469 billion under management, Western Asset Management. ...

New FoFA will not bring back old commissions: FactCheck

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will not bring back old-style commissions, ABC's FactCheck program said, contradicting shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. FactCheck analysed Bowen's statement that changes to FoFA will bring back ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the remaining roadblocks that may be blocking the path to infrastructure investment. We also investigate what the merger between IOOF and SFG Australia means for the financial services industry ...

Super returns dampen but still double digit

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
The SelectingSuper Workplace rolling 12 month default option index dampened further during April to return 11.1%, down from 12.6% at end March, 12.8% at end February which was up marginally from 12.5% at end January. According to the figure at end December ...