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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... broad-based S&P 500 gained 19.28 points (0.92 per cent) at 2,123.48.A Alan Skrainka, chief investment officer at Cornerstone Wealth Management, said the market is in a "back and forth" mode with little clear direction. "Yesterday there was some nervousness ...

Mercer and Bravura combine for super admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
Acting as a third party administrator, Mercer recently announced it will use Bravura's unified wealth management platform Sonata to administer multiple books of superannuation and KiwiSaver business for clients across Australia and New Zealand. A large ...

Old families make way for self-made billionaires

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... business and a strong work ethic. That's according to UBS and PwC's 2015 report, 'Billionaires: Master architects of great wealth and lasting legacies', which found that 917 self-made billionaires have generated more than $3.6 trillion in wealth globally. ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... examined and removed. CSSA and other organisations have called for the decoupling of default superannuation funds. Bendigo Wealth executive John Billington weighed in saying the company's APRA authorised MySuper product should automatically be eligible ...

UBS hands wealth management business to senior staff

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
UBS will pull out of wealth management in Australia and is selling off the business to existing advisers. Former head of UBS Wealth Management Mike Chisholm, together with a group of senior advisers, has established Crestone Wealth Management with Chisholm ...

Expert issues cyber-attack warning

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
The incoming New Payments Platform will leave financial institutions, including super funds and wealth managers, vulnerable to cyber criminals unless they upgrade their security, a fraud and cyber-crime expert has warned. Similar to the UK's Faster ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... what would be its minimum adviser standards. Financial advisers operating under CBA's Count Financial and Financial Wisdom wealth management licenses are now required to hold: a degree in finance, business, commerce or a related field; or a Certified ...

Smart beta here to stay, research confirms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... non-for profits, unions or industry-wide pension schemes, as well as insurance companies, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. Total assets under management of the survey participants were estimated at $2.5 trillion.

AustralianSuper hires Tria Investment founder

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... proposition and product. The hire is reported to bolster AustralianSuper's member offering with Barker "a global leader in the wealth and asset management industry," the industry super giant said in a statement. AustralianSuper group executive membership ...

NAB upgrades advice compensation program

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... consumer advocate. University of NSW professor of Law Dimity Kingsford Smith will act as a consumer advocate within NAB Wealth's advice complaints process. She "will have the authority to support customers through the resolution of a complaint," NAB ...