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Perpetual reveals institutional, platform mandates

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Perpetual's funds management business saw positive net inflows during the December quarter, with a number of its strategies receiving mandates from platforms and an institutional client. Perpetual did not reveal the names of the organisations that it ...

Melbourne planner launching crowd-funded positivity campaign

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
A Melbourne adviser is looking to crowd-fund a campaign to promote positive stories about financial planners. Spurred by negative press about the profession, Houghton Strategic Solutions owner and AFA member Melinda Houghton is launching Positivity ...

MyState appoints head of broker services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Banking and wealth management group MyState has appointed a former St George Bank mortgage broking state manager as head of broker services. Sandi Sims will be responsible for leading the mortgage broker sales and service strategy of MyState Bank and ...

ASIC national exam proposal lacks evidence: CMCRC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft's call for a national adviser examination is flawed, according to Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre (CMCRC) chief executive Michael Aitken. While recognising Medcraft's good intentions, Professor Aitken argued that ...

Equip appoints new member director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Equip has appointed Jane Simon as a member director following previous member director Trevor Birkbeck's retirement last year. Simon previously served as partner and executive director, private wealth management at Goldman Sachs/JB Were. "We are extremely ...

SNB dismantles defense

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
"Francogeddon", "currency tsunami", "shocker", "jaw-dropping". These are some of the words used to describe the Swiss National Bank's (SNB) decision to surrender and abandon the currency peg - erected back in September 2011 - against the euro last night. ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Australian Unity acquires Premium Wealth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Australian Unity Personal Financial Services (Australian Unity) has acquired nearly 97% of Premium Wealth Management. Premium Wealth shareholders almost unanimously accepted the acquisition offer, with the transaction being completed on 22 December. ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Speculation is growing that Google will directly enter the insurance market. While its interest seems limited to automative insurance the impact of its disruptive approach is expected to impact other insurance classes. Google's interest in car insurance ...

Nearly there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The price of crude continues to dance the limbo (how low can you go?) After a strong start, Wall Street buckled after lunch as the price of WTI dropped to a low of US$44.20 a barrel and Brent touched US$45.19. The S&P 500 index gained as much as 1.4% ...