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FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... an issue and now the RockStar event unites every player in the industry - platform providers, fund managers, asset consultants, insurers, advisers - under one roof. All in the name of charity and a bit of Rock n' Roll. Video and photos from the night ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... investors, according to Aberdeen Asset Management. Based on a survey of 293 institutional investors, trustees, managers and consultants in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada and Asia-Pacific, the Aberdeen research indicates that the vast majority ...

UK regulator targets conflicts in investment consulting

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Asset consultants could be in the firing line as the UK's financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), sets competition and conflicts of interest within the asset management industry in its sights. The heads of the UK's largest pension ...

Robo-advice is WALL-E, not Terminator

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... with initiatives such as the driverless car. But one of the keynote speakers at the conference, Praescius Financial Consultants adviser Eleni Michael, said that human advisers are able to better understand the needs and dreams of their clients. She argued ...

ASIC bans SMSF adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
... now resides in New Zealand. She is the sole director of and shareholder in Colisa, which traded as Anmar Financial Consultants and was a corporate authorised representative of Ballast Financial Management. Ballast terminated Pearson's authorised representative ...

JANA chief executive joins industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
... investment industry. Prior to JANA, Patrick he worked for Mercer Human Resource Consulting, as well as Alexander Forbes Consultants and Actuaries, and Ginsburg Malan & Carsons Consultants & Actuaries in Johannesburg. Sunsuper chief executive officer ...

PROFILE: REI Super chief executive Mal Smith

DARREN SNYDER, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... actuary. But I'm glad I did." Three years later Smith started working for consultancy firm Noble Lowndes Superannuation Consultants, which was ultimately acquired by Mercer. For over a decade, Smith held several administration and management roles that ...

Ironbark teams up with UK global equities manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Fund certainly ticks this box. Prior to Waverton, the team's investment strategy was well-received by global asset consultants, and as a result, they raised over $3 billion on behalf of Australian institutions." As at 30 September 2015, the strategy ...

PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... call on his vast industry experience in order to secure the role at MainstreamBPO. "It leads back to my time at Buck Consultants. I was there for eight or nine years (after Australian Eagle) and worked very closely with a guy named Greg Taylor. Greg ...

Australian among most influential investment consultants

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... director of consulting, Fiona Trafford-Walker, has been named among the world's top five "most influential investment consultants". In the annual list compiled by Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Magazine, Trafford-Walker came in at number four this year ...