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PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... says. Western Asset started in the US in 1971 and is now the fixed-income affiliate of US investment firm Legg Mason. The latter acquired Citigroup's asset management business and the fixed income business in Australia became an office of Western's in ...

HOSTPLUS nearly ready for SMSF infra investments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... attract SMSFs into HOSTPLUS requires the structure of the fund to be changed into a pooled superannuation trust. It's that latter event that's with the regulator." Sicilia estimated the option will be ready to take SMSF money by October. The legal process ...

Christian super funds merge

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... outsourced model. Under the merger it will essentially transfer its funds under management to Christian Super, adopting the latter's external service providers. The board of the merged fund will grow from eight to nine trustees. Australian Christian ...

Retirement innovation deadlock continues

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... retirees with less control over their assets. All the advisers Financial Standard spoke to said clients were put off by this latter factor. Nevertheless, MetLife Max saw some success. HLB Mann Judd director Andrew Buchan called it an "ingenious product ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... winning a $450 million plus interest payout from the Victorian government over a broken poker machine contract, but the latter losing its legal case. "The issue involves such big dollars that I think it will go all the way to the High Court with appeal ...

FSC-ISA court clash to go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... quickly, "in order to resolve any residual uncertainty regarding the constitution of the panel hearing matter AM2014/6." The latter is a reference to the upcoming Federal Court hearing. Allen wrote a letter of resignation to the governor-general last ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... access to employers previously exclusively accessible to industry funds through the awards system, the challenge for the latter is to find ways to access retail clients. Part of this will involve offering more than just super. "The future of super is ...

Gen Y getting the income stream message

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014
... 90s, is more engaged than previously thought. The research also surveyed the over-55 age group. It found that, while the latter first started thinking about super at the age of 42, Gen Y on average start thinking about it at 24. The research also showed ...

TAL takes over from AMP as biggest life insurer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
TAL has taken over from AMP/AXA as Australia's biggest life insurer after years of market dominance by the latter, research by DEXX&R has shown. The Life Analysis Report showed that TAL's in-force premiums for its total risk business had reached $1.87 ...

ClearView reports $9.1 million profit

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... ClearView Wealth Limited has reported net profit after tax (NPAT) of $3.6 million, and underlying NPAT of $9.1 million. The latter figure represents a 7% rise from the same period last year. The financial advice and life insurance provider saw a growth ...