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New MDRT Australia chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... role of Australian Chair, MDRT Australia is well positioned to continue to bring the world's best ideas and insights to equip Australian advisers to adapt and thrive in an ever evolving financial services environment," McCann said. Brown is chief executive ...

Industry fund welcomes new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... five years. Prior to this he was chief executive at IAG New Zealand for five years. Smith currently serves on the board of Equip Corporate Advisory, a management consulting firm he co-founded; and has been chair of the Children's Cancer Institute for ...

Fintech future lies in a winning ecosystem: Reinventure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
The Australian fintech sector must hone its focus to developing a specific ecosystem or risk losing out to a highly competitive global marketplace, according to Reinventure Group. Speaking at the Australia's Asian Future Summit on Friday, Reinventure ...

IRESS announces senior leadership restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
A sweep of global leadership changes at IRESS will see the departure of its Sydney-based global head of financial markets and its chief operating officer. As part of a global strategy to drive continued growth and ensure alignment to its long-term goals ...

IFM Investors continues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
Institutional fund manager IFM Investors grew its funds under management by 33% over the year to 30 June 2017, now totaling $92.9 billion with 93% of its products and mandates outperforming their objectives. The fund manager raised $18.8 billion from ...

Family office merger sees new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
Newly combined family offices, Mutual Trust and Myer Family Company, announced the appointment of a new chief executive. Phil Harkness has been appointed chief executive of Mutual Trust and chief executive-elect of the enlarged group. Pending completion ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

easyMarkets launches SMSF tool, appoints MD

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Growing SMSF investor demand for institutional-grade investment training has led a global markets brokerage to launch a new tool. The SMSF Active Traders Group, operated by easyMarkets, equips SMSF trusses with strategies, methodologies and the risk ...

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
Wall Street's on a tear with all of the equity market's benchmark indices - S&P 500; Dow Jones; Nasdaq; Russell 2000 - hitting record highs last week. The most proximate cause is, of course, the strong June quarter earnings results. According to Factset ...

Retirement income innovation severely lacking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Producers of retirement-oriented investment solutions are failing to equip advisers with the means required to effectively manage the risks they face when trying to achieve client objectives, according to PIMCO. Analysis by a PIMCO-Allianz Australian ...