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High-risk pursuits may undermine super funds' solvency

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... financial crisis net outflows from funds were too small to impact the broader market. "This reflects the fact that investors in mutual funds are - by nature and definition - in it for the long haul and take short term fluctuations in their stride," he ...

Executive appointment round-up

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Gerard McDermott joins BTFG from Suncorp, where he was executive general manager of distribution for personal insurance. Mutual Trust makes two senior appointments - Jono Gourlay has been appointed head of Mutual's investment advisers team and Paul Hockridge ...

Prime Value appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... fund manager Prime Value has appointed a new head of retail distribution. David Glascott joins Prime Value from Investors Mutual, where he was state manager for Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia. He has also held positions at NAB, Macquarie Bank ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... 2014 that claimed financial incentives to advisers could cost an estimated $210 billion over the next decade just in the mutual fund segment segment alone. Additional follow-up research released in February this year by the DOL nevertheless echoed SIFMA's ...

Mutual Trust makes two senior appointments

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
Mutual Trust recently expanded its wealth management and taxation advisory teams with two senior appointments. Now leading Mutual's team of investment advisers is Jono Gourlay. He has more than 20 years' experience in advising families, private individuals ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Agreement and of the Korea Australia Free Trade Agreement, both announced last year. "Japan and Korea have a lot to gain from mutual cooperation with Australia on investment and financial services," she said. "If we get it right, financial services can ...

PROFILE: PM Capital CIO Paul Moore

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... but at the time I just thought, 'Hey, this is great!'" Moore admits. At one point Moore's trust was the best performing mutual fund in the country as a result of his decision to invest in US financials. "Through good luck or hard work, the performance ...

DST partners UK wealth manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
UK wealth manager Old Mutual Wealth will be consolidating multiple websites and microsites onto DST's Opendoor front-office platform, providing a single customer view for institutions, superannuation funds, and third-party administrators. Old Mutual ...

Vanguard overtakes PIMCO as largest bond manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... battle between active and passive investment reached new heights when Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest bond mutual fund. April data showed that PIMCO's Total Return Fund was holding $110.4 billion, while Vanguard's Total Bond Market Index ...