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Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Mercer, a global industry all-rounder in research, consulting and investment funds, has its sights firmly set on the Australian financial advice industry, with plans to become a dominant player within the next decade. In its target of the retail market ...

Short-termism crippling wealth management

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The economic costs of short-termism by the wealth management industry is hindering financial performance and resulting in significant losses to equity holders, according to boutique Australian Equity fund manager, Hyperion. Short-termism, as discussed ...

Towers Watson grows team after benefiting from super mergers

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... aims to add around two large clients per year and has successfully done so for the past two, said Miller. The asset consultant is focusing more on specialised advice, particularly when clients are looking at non-traditional assets. "Much of the best ...

Super funds to provide standard risk measure

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2011
Under new guidelines announced by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and the Financial Services Council, super funds will provide a 'standard risk measure' as of June 22, 2012. The standard measure estimates the number of negative ...

JB Global submits to independent review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2011
Investment services firm JB Global will submit to an independent review of 100 personal advice files after the Australian Securities and Investment Commission imposed new licence conditions on the company. JB Global will also offer remediation to any ...

Super funds talk debt ructions and increasing pensions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... macro view is the concern," she said. AMIST had $1 billion in funds under management as at June 30, and looks to asset consultant JANA for investment research advice. The panel session also tackled the topic of the rising numbers of super fund members ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
As super funds increasingly require ESG factors to be embedded into the investment process of fund managers, $4 billion boutique Solaris Investment Management has appointed a specialist on a permanent basis. Lisa Domagala has been working with Solaris ...

Merged LGsuper fund born today

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011
... consolidation, effective July 1, of the organisational structure, member options, investment managers, custodian, asset consultant and marketing communications" Todd said the merger was already starting to benefit fund members, mostly local government ...

Trafford-Walker takes new role after securing CEO

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2011
... after telling Financial Standard that it was looking to appoint a chief executive, Australia's second-largest asset consultant, Frontier, has secured Damian Moloney for the plum role. Managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker will take on the newly created ...

Super funds fail green assessment

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011
... per cent of asset owners and asset managers are invested in low carbon technology and clean energy even though asset consultant Mercer has recommended an allocation of 40 per cent of all portfolios to climate sensitive assets. "Total allocation to thematic ...