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Market anxiety shrouds SMSF appetite for equities

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Self-managed super fund members' allocations to equities has not kept pace with the rise in value shown by the strong recent performance of the Australian share market, the Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey for September shows. The survey covered ...

Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Sweeping reforms such as MySuper and SuperStream, a move to drive down costs and an urgent need for funds to modernise their process will accelerate the consolidation of superannuation funds and shake out smaller bodies less able to compete, according ...

Threadneedle makes four new hires

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
A new scholarship has been established to encourage the next generation of fund managers. The London Business School and Paul Taylor, head of Australian equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment, have established the Taylor Family Scholarship, which ...

Fix philanthropy from ground up: FYA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
The Foundation for Young Australians (FYA) has launched a new placement program for the younger generations of family foundations and PAFs designed to ignite philanthropic interest. The Immerse program involves taking six to eight people between the ...

ISN expand policy and research team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
Industry Super Network has expanded its policy and research team with two new hires to its Sydney and Melbourne office. Anh Nguyen has been appointed as a policy analyst, financial markets and will be based in Sydney while Mohita Zaheed has been appointed ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has named Lachlan McMurdo as an investment manager in its private equity division. McMurdo joins Blue Sky from Bain & Company's private equity group where he worked as a consultant for three years. In his new role, he ...

AMP training program to attract women advisers

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
AMP has launched a new part-time financial planning training program that aims to provide a flexible pathway to the profession for those wanting greater work-life balance. The new program, Horizons Academy Flex Program, is particularly designed for ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a campaign for trade agreements to include on a case-by-case basis provisions allowing private companies to sue foreign governments. Known as Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions ...

Australian Ethical appoints board director

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
Australian Ethical Limited has appointed Steve Gibbs as a director to the board. Steve Gibbs replaces current board director Louise Herron who resigned from her position yesterday. Louise Herron will take up the position of chief executive of the Sydney ...