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In-housing creating consultant uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Asset consultants are jostling for position in a bid to combat the in-housing of super fund investment teams, with a variety of strategies emerging. At its recent annual Ideas Exchange in Melbourne, Towers Watson addressed superannuation fund CIOs some ...

Wealth division boosts ANZ profit

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
ANZ has posted a 10% rise in full year cash profit to $7.12 billion, with the bank's wealth division contributing significantly. The bank's overall net profit was up 15% to $7.3 billion. A final dividend of 95 cents per share, fully franked, is up 14% ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The 2014 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich and IRESS were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Sydney on Tuesday 13th November. ...

UK advice giant deVere enters Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
One of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations, deVere Group, is set to launch in Australia targeting British expats. The UK-based firm has more than 70 offices globally, services more than 80,000 and has more than US$10 billion ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees have upped their international equity exposures as low interest rates continue to weigh on cash returns, according to the latest Multiport SMSF Investment Patterns Survey. In the June quarter 2014, cash holdings ...

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial planners who pedal for 1,050 km -from Melbourne to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road- will be greeted at their arrival by the financial planning community and by guest of honour, Senator Mathias Cormann. Cyclists will complete a seven-day ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
The distinction between active and passive investment strategies is being blurred by the new range of index products being brought to market, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices managing director and index committee chairman David Blitzer. Speaking to ...

Instos too slow to make investment decisions

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
Institutions are turning increasingly to alternative assets in a bid to boost returns but many are too slow in changing their asset allocation, according to the latest AMP Capital Institutional Investor Report. Almost half (46%) of the global survey ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Cbus employee allegedly responsible for leaking member information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has been sacked, according to Cbus chief executive David Atkin. Appearing at a hearing for the Royal Commission into ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
How the public register of financial advisers will be funded remains unclear, with the government saying that the money will come via a $5 hike in the annual lodgement fee for Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister ...