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Perpetual hires senior investment specialist

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... specialist technical advice and support with potential and existing clients," he said. "James brings to Perpetual Investments a wealth of experience which will strengthen our offering to the market and ensure we are well positioned to achieve future ...

Further raise pension age, says Future Leaders winner

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... the superannuation preservation age should be left at 60, and that both areas should be taken out of politics. Deloitte Wealth Management leader Neil Brown said: "Stephen presented a framework, to a panel of Australia's industry leaders, to answer one ...

Anne Street Partners beefs up risk and compliance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
Financial planning and advice firm, Anne Street Partners, has appointed a legal expert from Centric Wealth. Lisa Hayes joins the company as general counsel and head of legal, risk and compliance. In this role she will be responsible for developing ...

FPA Future2 award goes to Kathy Havers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded the 2014 Future2 Community Service of the Year Award to Catalyst Financial Group adviser Kathy Havers. The award was announced at the FPA Congress in Adelaide and recognises FPA members ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The active versus passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems ...

Hedge fund growth problem not helped by new products

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... capabilities; and 11% plan to launch insurance-related products. "Managers are hoping to attract a new class of investor - private wealth platforms - as well as developing registered liquid alternatives products to try to attract new investors. The largest ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

Genesys advisers looking at all options following wind up

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Advice practices licensed under AMP-owned Genesys Wealth are currently considering all options after the licensee announced yesterday that it would wind up. At the moment, 92 advice firms employing 188 advisers are licensed under Genesys, according ...

Netwealth rebates nearly $4m in fees

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... executive director Matt Heine said. "We introduced these additional savings around the same time as launching our Super and Wealth Accelerator products which are already extremely competitive and offer variable pricing to match life stage and investment ...

AMP to wind up Genesys licence

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... options and support their decisions." AMP said in a written statement that it does not expect operating earnings of its wealth management business to be "materially impacted by this change." The announcement follows a number of senior manager departures ...