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Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The financial planning industry and financial advisers have largely welcomed the federal government's decision to drop the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Regal named best Australian hedge fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Regal Funds Management has been crowned Australia's best hedge fund for 2016 at an industry awards ceremony in Sydney last night. Gathering the hedge fund sector's best and brightest, the Hedge Funds Rock and Australian Hedge Fund Awards - now in its ...

Willis Towers Watson names new Australasian head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Willis Towers Watson has named its new Australasian head following the departure of Tony Barber. Andrew Boal has taken up the role of regional head of Australasia, based in Melbourne. Boal was most recently head of large accounts for Australasia and ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Fund administration provider MainstreamBPO has hired a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry to drive its expansion into Europe. To further establish its presence in Europe and the UK the group has opened serviced offices in London and ...

Former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith in new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith has been recruited by a major professional services firm for an advisory role. Smith will join PwC Australia to assist with the firm's Asian growth strategy. He has been appointed as a senior advisor, charged with ...

BTIM creates new group executive role

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
BT Investment Management (BTIM) has created a new senior role following the establishment of its global executive committee. Gavin Rochussen, the group chief executive officer of BTIM's London-based boutique asset manager J O Hambro Capital Management ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Pricing too aggressively and paying nothing more than lip service to the notion that your clients are your partners is a slow route to profitability, according to GQG Partners chairman and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio ...

OneVue hires head of client services

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
OneVue has appointed a head of client services in response to the growth it has seen in its fund services division. Based in Melbourne, Angelia Tonkin will help service the increasing number of clients outsourcing their administration tasks and call ...

Senior Perpetual executive to leave the company

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
The group executive of Perpetual Investments is leaving after eight months with the firm. In a statement the asset manager said David Kiddie is leaving, on mutual agreement with Perpetual, to return to the UK for personal reasons. Kiddie joined Perpetual ...

Kina appoints Suncorp vet as director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Kina Securities has appointed a new non-executive director. Karen Smith-Pomeroy joins Kina while serving as a non-executive director of Queensland Treasury Corporation, Stanwell Corporation, InFocus Wealth Management and the National Affordable Housing ...