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Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
BT-owned Advance Asset Management's head of strategy and research Felix Stephen will leave the company on April 30. In addition to his 11 years at Advance, Stephen has broad experience across the banking and financial services sectors, having held roles ...

Van Eck grows distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... at Genesys Wealth Advisers and before that held various roles at AXA Australia, including four years as an investment research analyst. Van Eck Global Australia managing director Arian Neiron said: "Damon's expertise in creating investment solutions ...

Appetite for managed funds growing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
Appetite for managed funds is showing signs of increasing with almost half of investors saying they are considering them, according to Investment Trends. The researcher's '2014 Investor Product Needs Report' reveals that 46% of investors are open to ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... Budget Office. The policy announcement follows an opinion piece Bowen wrote in News Limited media on 11 April citing a research report from the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA). In the piece he highlighted that there are 475 people ...

CFSGAM hires head of research from UBS

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Colonial First State Global Asset Management has hired a UBS executive to take on a new head of research role within its Australian equities, growth team. David Wilson will join CFSGAM on 18 May. Aside from his new role, he will also have analyst coverage ...

TH Real Estate grows team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... real estate analyst. In the newly-created role, William Keaveney will be responsible for providing analytical support, research and analysis across equity and debt real estate investment. He will work closely with the group's head of capital transactions ...

Signs that churning is on the wane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Research by DEXX&R shows individual lump sum discontinuances in life, TPD and trauma insurance fell in the 12 months to December 2014. Further, rates of discontinuances have been falling since 2012 - having risen steadily for the previous two years ...

Grattan issues new report on super fees

ALEX BURKE, ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... MySuper products especially as some of the lowest cost MySuper products are retail products, a point reinforced by separate research released last year by Rainmaker. However, she said the problem is that many of these low fee products are locked out ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... matter of time before the age of activism dawns in Australia as well," Credit Suisse said. The investment bank noted in a research piece that "the behemoths of the funds management industry in Australia have not yet embraced activism like their peers ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... people have said, `now's an opportunity to realise some of those profits'," he said. Australian Stock Report head of research Chris Conway said concerns about Greece were worrying investors, after International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde slammed ...