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Westpac profit boosted by BTIM sale

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... customer deposits. The weakest divisions in the group in terms of cash earnings are BT Financial Group and Westpac Institutional bank, which reported flat earnings and a 12% decrease respectively. Westpac's report said that its wealth business had been ...

Henderson completes acquisition of IOOF boutiques

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Henderson Group has completed its acquisition of two funds management businesses from IOOF Holdings. Announced on 2 June 2015, the deal sees the dual UK and Australia listed global investment business takeover two Perennial investment management boutiques ...

SMSFs and infrastructure a good investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... investment. SMSF Association chief executive Andrea Slattery said although infrastructure is largely attractive to institutional investors because of scale or "high dollar price tags," there is room to move for SMSF investment. "As we said in our submission ...

Industry fund to double investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Mine Wealth + Wellbeing will more than double its investment team by June next year in a move set to "encourage greater innovation" and deliver greater investment capability. The $10 billion industry superannuation fund announced it will be growing ...

Aged care concerns top Challenger advice list

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
An incredibly quiet yet evolving change in the background of post-retirement is potentially vindicating Challenger's choice to develop its CarePlus product recently. Monash University professor Deborah Ralston told an Australian Centre for Financial ...

ASIC changes market rules for Chi-X ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
ASIC has published changes to its market integrity rules for exchange-traded funds admitted to Chi-X Australia. Chi-X intends to launch its ETF market in Australia in 2016, following a consultation paper released in February 2015. ASIC said it "consulted ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... Victoria and Abbas are very welcome additions to our team at a time when these investments are very popular among institutional investors seeking to diversify, notably into liquid alternatives," Towers Watson global head of manager research Luba Niku ...

Managed accounts usage to grow 38%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
The number of independent financial advice practices using managed accounts is set to grow by over 38% over the quarter, Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) said. The managed accounts provider said that an additional 10 boutique licensees are in the process ...

HESTA chief advocates better tax reform

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said her fund members would not benefit from seeing a lift on the $30,000 tax cap for concessional superannuation contributions for women returning to work. It is a measure being considered by the federal government ...

ANZ private wealth sees digital growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
... Zealand and in key Asian markets, partly offset by the effect of macro-economic headwinds on the international and institutional banking division. "The Australia division has continued to deliver good profit growth based on market share gains in key ...