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Former Wickham CEO pleads guilty to fraud

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
The former CEO of collapsed debenture issuer, Wickham Securities, has pleaded guilty to a string of charges brought by ASIC, including fraud. In a statement the regulator said 50-year-old Garth Robertson of Parrearra on the Sunshine Coast pleaded guilty ...

Australian Unity fund acquires property in Port Adelaide

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Following an increase in investor inflows Australian Unity's Property Income Fund (PIF) has purchased a commercial property in Port Adelaide, South Australia, for $8 million. Established in 1999, the fund invests in a diverse mix of income-producing ...

SuperGuard360 gives SMSF trustees greater protection

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
A new service aimed at giving SMSF advisers' clients greater confidence in setting up a self-managed fund by providing an extra layer of protection from financial misconduct, fraud and theft, has been launched by Rainmaker. SuperGuard360 is the first ...

PIMCO bolsters investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
PIMCO has hired a senior vice president and credit research analyst covering real estate. Frank Chen is based in Hong Kong and will be responsible for credit research on China's property sector, in addition to other Asia ex-Japan real estate coverage. ...

AXA IM appoints responsible investment analyst

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
AXA Investment Managers has appointed an analyst to its dedicated responsible investment team. Alix Chosson joined the firm as energy fundamentals analyst in May from Standard Life Investments where she was a responsible investment analyst specialising ...

ETF pioneer donates $100m to ANU

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Australian commodities trader and exchange traded fund pioneer Graham Tuckwell and his wife Louise will donate $100 million to the Australian National University. The money, combined with the $50 million the pair gifted the university in 2013, will ...

Class launches SMSF benchmark report

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... overall fund balance, so the size of the fund has no impact on its fees. Class has also appointed a new executive in Joel Smith. He joins as a sales director and brings about five years of industry experience, previously in leadership roles at MYOB where ...

MORE Super switches to Simple Fund 360

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Independent SMSF administrator MORE Super will move the administration of its 5,000 SMSFs from BGL's Simple Fund Desktop to Simple Fund 360. "We compared alternate cloud based SMSF administration solutions and whilst Simple Fund 360 was not the first ...

ClearView adds annuities to wrap

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Challenger and CommInsure annuities have been added to ClearView Wealth's wrap platform. Selected annuities from both providers have been available to advisers using the platfom from 1 July. Changes driven by feedback from advisers have also been made ...

Register for the Financial Standard ETF Forum

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Time is running out for financial advisers and other industry professionals to register for the inaugural Financial Standard Best Practice Exchange Traded Fund Forum on 26 July. The all-day event at Sydney's Four Seasons Hotel will feature presentation ...