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Star managers launch fund-of-funds in support of children's charities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
More than a dozen of Australia's leading investment boutiques have teamed up to give investors access to their strategies through a single listed investment company that has no fees and donates 1% of assets to children's charities. The Future Generation ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The opposition has called for a further parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and the Commonwealth Bank and branded the government's plans to examine financial advice scandals as part of the Financial System ...

ASIC budget cuts send the wrong message: Greens

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Cuts to the funding of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) send the wrong message to would-be criminals, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said. Whish-Wilson spoke after ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said that ASIC will have to ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The two advice bodies have asked for a complete removal of commissions on general advice during their appearance at the Senate hearing about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
The Economics Committee conducting the inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will present the Senate with "a widespread report that will include the industries' black holes and dark corners." The ...

Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Wilson HTM Investment Group has appointed a managing director after Andrew Coppin resigned in July 2013. Former acting chief executive officer Sandy Grant was appointed managing director, as foreshadowed during the shareholders' annual A general meeting ...

COIN migrates onto cloud

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
Financial services software provider Rubik Financial Limited has transitioned one of its largest institutional clients COIN to the cloud. COIN was previously housed in-house, but was transitioned over the weekend. Rubik group chief executive, Niek Hoogenhout ...

Rubik appoints head of sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
Rubik has expanded its sales team with the appointment of a head of sales and two business development managers. The software provider has appointed Trent Fitzgerald as Rubik national head of sales. He will focus on increasing the adoption of Rubik's ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat after mixed performances on international markets on continued tension between Russia and and Ukraine, and disappointing economic data from China and Japan. At 0827 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price ...

SunSuper creates investment operations role

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
SunSuper has appointed Lounarda David to the newly created investment operations manager role. David will be responsible for managing and monitoring SunSuper's investments. She has more than 29 years' experience in the financial services industry, specialising ...