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Hedge fund growth under pressure: EY

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... appetite of investors, managers have had to change the strategies employed to achieve asset growth, EY said. EY Oceania wealth and asset management leader Antoinette Elias said: "While the largest managers are pursuing several growth strategies, we are ...

Lifeplan bond 'highly recommended'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... different applications possible due to its legal and tax structure, as are Lifeplan's management team. Lifeplan's unique Wealth Preserver feature enables strategies usually only available through a trust structure, allowing the owner to control timing ...

Charter Hall exec joins Link board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... Gupta will serve as an additional independent non-executive director, bringing with him more than 30 years' experience in wealth management. Gupta co-founded and served as the inaugural chief executive of IPAC Securities and is also a non-executive director ...

Contango nabs former UBS exec

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... of regulatory experience and expertise. Having most recently served as executive director, head of compliance for UBS's wealth management operations in Australia, Morfis' appointment marks a milestone in Contango's ongoing growth strategy. Contango managing ...

Former Sentinel adviser slapped with ban

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
ASIC has banned a financial adviser and former authorised representation of Sentinel Private Wealth from providing financial services for five years. Stephen Beckton, who was a representative of Sentinel from September 2013 to October 2015, was banned ...

Omega hires Vanguard, NAB vets

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... analyst from NAB, where she was a performance analyst. Prior to that, she was a research and finance analyst at Empower Wealth. Omega is a smart beta-focused investment manager based in Melbourne. It currently manages over $3.2 billion for domestic and ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... their affairs for the new transfer balance cap are welcomed." SuperConcepts executive manager, SMSF technical and private wealth, Graeme Colley told a recent Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum that the transitional arrangements also ...

Australian infrastructure supply must lift: report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
... if there are not enough projects on offer domestically. Surveying 20 global and domestic investors - including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, fund managers, developers, banks and insurance companies controlling more than $110 billion in infrastructure ...

Former ANZ exec joins Fortnum

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
Fortnum Financial Group has appointed former ANZ Wealth managing director of advice and open market channels Neil Younger as its managing director. Younger joins as the group readies itself for a significant expansion program. He will work closely with ...

Contango LIC chair departs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... business development at EY. "MacDonald is widely regarded as an expert in banking and finance with a particular emphasis on wealth management, corporate governance, risk management and the customer experience," the listed investment company's board said. ...