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M&A activity impacted by politics

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Macquarie Group and Deloitte led the financial adviser merger and acquisition deal count in Australasia during the first half of 2016, according to the latest Mergermarket data. Both firms recorded 14 deals in the six months to 1 July, followed by Goldman ...

Morningstar reappointed as CBA advice research provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
Commonwealth Bank has reappointed Morningstar Australasia as primary investment research provider for its wealth management advice licensees - Commonwealth Financial Planning, Financial Wisdom and BW Financial Advice. From 1 September 2016, Morningstar ...

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... performance to better reflect a fund's flows and, in most cases, investors' actual returns lag total returns. Morningstar Australasia director of manager research, Tim Murphy, told a briefing in Sydney yesterday that post-GFC there has been an increasing ...

Crestone open for business after UBS deal completes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016

Group insurance gets a makeover

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... members. Corporate fund Mercy Super, who will soon leave MLC and enter a new insurance deal with Hannover Life Re Australasia, says it specifically searched to see whether there was an opportunity to move to a needs-based approach rather than a cost ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
CBA has appointed an intellectual property lawyer as its new non-executive director. Mary Padbury is currently a partner and vice chairman of international law firm Ashurst, which advises corporates and financial institutions on M&A, corporate and structured ...

Dimensional launches ESG trust

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... under management last year, according to the 2015 annual benchmark report of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Dimensional manages about $500 billion globally, of which about $35 billion is managed in portfolios that encompass ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... AXA Investment Managers has received responsible investment certification by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) for its environmental, social and governance SmartBeta equity pooled fund - AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund. The ...

Opt-In headache given mobile relief

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Midwinter and SuiteBox, the mobile office solution for advisers, have partnered to deliver an electronic solution to alleviate issues surrounding the FoFA Opt-In for financial planners. The partnership will allow advisers using Midwinter's AdviceOS ...

Calastone expands to New Zealand

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... transaction network, Calastone, has expanded into New Zealand in the hopes of enabling smoother transaction flows across Australasia. Calastone's technology provides users with total interoperability, meaning that asset managers, platforms, custodians ...