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Instos seeking co-designed mandates

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
Low interest rates and suppressed yields have prompted Australia's largest institutional investors to seek co-designed mandates. Omega Global Investors managing director George Vassos says larger investors are increasingly seeking discrete mandates ...

Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The SMSF Association has renewed calls for Australians to seek professional financial advice whether it be managing or seeking to begin a self-managed superannuation fund. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said everybody should get advice ...

First State Super funds Aussie start-ups

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
First State Super has led a $200 million capital raising aimed at nurturing the development of Australian internet start-ups. First State Super chief investment officer Richard Brandweiner confirmed the fund has made a $110 million investment towards ...

ANZ completes $720m capital raising

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
ANZ has announced it has completed its $720 million share purchase plan offer. The bank's statement to the ASX said it will "accept all eligible applications and issue approximately $720 million of ANZ shares at $26.50 per share." The offer was originally ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Andrew Robb's China free trade deal provides vast opportunities for Australia's financial services industry. It builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
Asset managers all over the world are recognising they need to adapt their business models if they are to remain relevant to ever-more powerful asset owners. State Street surveyed 400 senior executives from investment management firms from Europe, the ...

APRA workload for boards does not rate

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Meetings between the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and company boards are considered good value yet the workload placed on boards by the regulator does not rate highly. This is the view of more than 450 directors from deposit-taking ...

UBS adds three execs to asset management team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
UBS has appointed a director of product development, a director of institutional business development and a marketing manager to its global asset management team in Australia. Vasco Gil joins UBS from Russell Investments, where he was product manager. ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Consumer-driven adviser review website Adviser Ratings has added the ability for advisers to endorse each other on the platform. The review service, which was recently revamped to make use of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, added the planner endorsement ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There are two things that arguably led Jonathan Hoyle to where he is now: Michael Lewis's autobiography, Liar's Poker, and the sight of fresh blood. The chief executive of Stanford Brown was 20 years old and studying biochemistry when he picked up a ...