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CBA chair steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Commonwealth Bank chairman David Turner will retire from the board at the end of the year, to be replaced by a current non-executive director. Having served on the CBA board for a decade and as chairman since 2010, Turner said he has greatly enjoyed ...

Legg Mason, AB funds highly recommended

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust and the AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund have received highly recommended ratings from Lonsec in the research house's latest review. Launched in 2011, the Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust ...

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Prominent legal firm Slater and Gordon believes the Life Insurance Code of Practice is a missed opportunity to fix serious systemic problems in the industry. Several life insurers welcomed the Code issued by the Financial Services Council (FSC) yesterday ...

New BetaShares fund combats investor bias

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
BetaShares has launched a new Portfolio Diversifier ETF which excludes the largest 20 shares. The BetaShares Australian Ex-20 Portfolio Diversifier ETF is designed to track an index providing exposure to about 180 listed stocks on the ASX assessed by ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Pacific Current Group's specialist global small and micro-cap boutique manager, EAM Investors, has won its first Australian institutional mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix ...

AFA recognises outstanding advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Darren Johns from Align Financial has won this year's AFA Adviser of the Year Award and Henderson Maxwell is the AFA Practice of the Year. Now in its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award is a joint initiative between the AFA and Zurich ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Peita Diamantidis of Caboodle Financial Services has received this year's AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award ...

Popularity of annuity bonds set to soar

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Indexed annuity bonds are expected to experience sales growth over the next 12 months as the reality of low interest rates and high volatility drives more investors to the asset class. FIIG Securities national manager of adviser services, Simon Michell ...

OneVue strengthens board following merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Following its recent merger with Diversa, OneVue has made two new appointments to its board of directors. Former chair of Diversa Ron Dewhurst joins as lead independent director, and will also chair the human resources, nominations and remuneration ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
If the superannuation draft legislation released last week is passed high net-worth investors may need to consider alternatives to supplement their super such as investment bonds, according to Centuria Capital. Centuria's Neil Rogan, general manager ...