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Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... compelling investment results and our singular focus on the needs of our clients," Legg Mason president and chief executive Joe Sullivan said. "We believe that, over time, our global retail distribution platform will be able to meaningfully leverage ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... accounts of working mums, many of whom are already behind on saving for retirement." However, in a joint release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the move was unsustainable, claiming the three measures would cost $8.5 billion ...

Governments are 'out of money': Hockey

AAP, PETER TRUTE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey says governments are out of money and can only fund vital infrastructure with funds from the private sector. Hockey told the B20 summit of business leaders in Sydney that infrastructure is a key part of meeting a two per cent increase ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... several stakeholders for being too slow, too little and too late. Speaking at a Melbourne Institute event yesterday, Treasurer Joe Hockey said: "Clearly the Commonwealth Bank was just too slow to get to this point." Hockey, whose mother-in-law was one ...

Botte replaces Sheehan as My Adviser managing director

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
Consultum Financial Advisers chief executive Joe Botte has been appointed managing director of My Adviser following the resignation of Philippa Sheehan after almost 10 years with the company. The changes at the two IOOF-owned firms were confirmed by ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey said Commonwealth Bank (CBA) needs to "lift its game" and added that the bank has handled the scandals within its financial planning businesses and the Senate investigation "appallingly." Hockey spoke this weekend at the Liberal ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Independent investment research Morningstar Australasia has launched stewardship ratings for Australian and New Zealand stocks. The ratings assess a firm's stewardship of shareholder capital as exemplary, standard, or poor. In the initial allocations ...

FEATURE: Gear up for retirement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... at how advisers and product providers can join forces to come up with the best strategies to meet retirees needs. Treasurer Joe Hockey's 2014-15 budget speech in May sent the wheels of the financial services industry speed up. The rise of the Age Pension ...

Investors beware IPOs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
The excitement surrounding initial public offerings (IPOs) can inflate prices and lead investors away from their disciplined investment process, Hyperion portfolio manager Joel Gray has warned. "Rising equity markets have seen the tide of IPOs rise ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
The Who's Who in ESG research attended this week's annual ESG RA Research Awards and the results are a mix of good, bad and magnificent. Elaine Prior is a name that needs no introduction in Australia's ESG broking community. Her research into the subject ...