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Wilson HTM confirms managing director appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
Wilson HTM Investment Group has appointed a managing director after Andrew Coppin resigned in July 2013. Former acting chief executive officer Sandy Grant was appointed managing director, as foreshadowed during the shareholders' annual A general meeting ...

Forget shocks and stay the course: PM Capital

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
Fund manager PM Capital has urged investors not to over-react to geo-political or environmental disruption and stay the course with their long-term investment strategy. Kevin Bertoli, portfolio manager of PM Capital's Emerging Asia Fund, said that concerns ...

QSuper unveils 'industry first' lifecycle product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
Public sector fund QSuper has expanded the lifecycle model to include account balance as well as age in its new MySuper product, QSuper Lifestage. While most lifecycle products focus exclusively on age, with younger members on more growth oriented strategies ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... disappointing export figures earlier this week, could have been impacted by the timing of Chinese New Year. "If it was about disruption then the potential for a bounce back in March would quickly reverse a lot of the positioning that has gone on this ...

Pressure mounts on super in modern awards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... practicably commence the review process is when the government's review is complete. This would minimise any potential disruption to employees, employers and applicants if the review process is changed shortly after it has commenced." BT said: "We... ...

Fund manager criticises "rip-off" fees

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... said. "For heaven's sake, it's no different than Amazon selling books versus Dymocks. Innovation happens and price disruption occurs. We need to move on." DGI runs a single global equity portfolio out of its Edinburgh headquarters and fees were a large ...

Costs of new SMSF regulation expected to be "minimal"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
... (ASIC) expects that the industry will implement the new self-managed super funds (SMSF) proposals "with minimal cost and disruption." During the consultation process for CP216 'Advice on self-managed superannuation funds: Specific disclosure requirements ...

Trick or treat?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... previous month. So too is core inflation. It eased to 1.7% from 1.8% in August. And we're not even factoring in the likely disruption at the other side of the New Year when Washington resumes its game of chicken. Too, the re-tightening of financial conditions ...

TAL to disrupt 'status quo' with newly-created role

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2013
TAL has created the role of Chief Innovation and Disruption officer to "disrupt the status quo" and to "provide solutions for customers that businesses had not considered before." Start-up entrepreneur Tim Thorne will be stepping into the role on November. ...

Wilson HTM reports losses after year of "disruptions"

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013
Wilson HTM Investment Group has reported net losses after tax of $1.6 million. This compares with net losses of $7.6 million in FY 2012. Wilson chair Steven M Skala put the disappointing performance in part down to "disruptions" caused by the investigations ...