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Magellan adds infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has appointed a senior portfolio manager to its global infrastructure team. Stephen Mentzines joins the fund manager from ASX-listed Sydney Airport, where he was chief financial officer. Before that he was with Macquarie Group ...

Berkeley scientist develops game for advice clients

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Capital Preferences has designed a new tool to help financial advisers better understand their clients' and, in turn, help them make better investment decisions, with the help of a scientist from the University of California, Berkeley. The financial ...

New Calastone service automates distribution processing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Global funds transaction network, Calastone, has launched its new automated distribution service, aimed at cutting out mistakes from manual input and shortening processing times. The distribution solution connects fund manager and client, standardising ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...

Crowe Horwath progressing growth ambitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... the largest financial services companies of its type in the country. Crowe Horwath's chief executive for the Sydney office, Mark Duke, is now looking to consolidate its financial advice business through small businesses and individuals in both metropolitan ...

Murray slams "silly suggestions"

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
David Murray, chair of the Financial System Inquiry, has stirred the debate around super board independence, saying it has deteriorated into a "set of silly suggestions." In his final FSI report, Murray recommended that super funds appoint a majority ...

New guide teaches social media best practice

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Zurich Financial Services Australia has launched a series of case studies that promote best practice by financial advisers in the use of social media and digital marketing. The publication, the first of its kind for the industry, reflects the growing ...

Rethinking robo regulation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... and regulatory environment is not equipped to deal with potential issues arising from robo advice. According to Herbert Smith Freehills partner Michael Vrisakis, the wording of current legislation only considers the administration of advice between a ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
MySuper will result in total cost savings of $1.4 billion to the overall super system, but introducing some simple measures could double that amount, according to the Grattan Institute. The Institute's productivity growth program director, Jim Minifie ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has called for a bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 ...