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Funds urge government to reject lift of super threshold

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
Superannuation funds are calling for the government to reject a proposal from the Board of Taxation to lift the superannuation payment threshold for low income and casual workers to $1,350 a quarter. The measure would mean that employees who earn less ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has handed out its Adviser of the Year, New Adviser of the Year and Firm of the Year awards at a ceremony this week. Sydney planner David Kennedy was crowned Adviser of the Year for his ability to "set meaningful ...

Perpetual reveals institutional, platform mandates

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Perpetual's funds management business saw positive net inflows during the December quarter, with a number of its strategies receiving mandates from platforms and an institutional client. Perpetual did not reveal the names of the organisations that it ...

Hedge funds were top alternatives performers in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
Hedge funds accounted for over half of the asset growth across alternatives in 2014, despite their underwhelming performance during the past year, a Preqin report found. In 2014, hedge funds posted returns of 3.78%, which represents the lowest average ...

Advisers closely watching mFund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Most financial advisers are keeping a close eye on mFund and waiting for the selection of funds to be broader before starting to use it. "We are still watching it, I think it is not at a point where it has reached its critical mass," Visis Private Wealth ...

Tech "arms race" to spur banking competition

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Only banks with sufficient scale will survive the technology "arms race," the increase in competition and the entrance of non-traditional players, according to an EY global banking outlook for 2015. "The expense of competing, combined with declining ...

What if SMSFs flocked to global equities in 2015?

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015
Self-managed super funds (SMSF) are expected to buy $1 billion of Australian equities per month, but what if individual investors developed an appetite for global stocks at the expense of the local market? A Credit Suisse analysis of "Down-under surprises ...

Hub24 keeps growth pace in Q2

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Hub24 saw its fourth consecutive quarter of record net inflows during the December quarter and a 21.4% increase in funds under administration. The platform provider had net inflows of $189.7 million and gross inflows of $225.6 million during the September ...

Andrew Hewison takes over Hewison Private Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Andrew Hewison has taken over the role of managing director at Hewison Private Wealth, while current managing director and founder John Hewison will become the firm's chairman. As chairman, John Hewison will oversee strategic matters for the business ...

Rothschild nabs Lazard director for infrastructure role

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2015
Corporate financial advisory firm Rothschild has appointed a former Lazard executive director to the role of infrastructure, utilities and transport director. Jeremy Bostock's appointment comes as Australian state and federal governments continue to ...