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Zenith finds value in reduced blue chip exposure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... segment of the market returning 3.4% versus -16.2% for the S&P/ASX 20." "The Blue Chip/Top 20 index is dominated by Australian Bank stocks, and this has been one of the hardest hit segments of the market over the last 12 months."

Bennelong appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Bennelong Funds Management is signaling its two new board appointments as part of a wider vision to expand both locally and offshore. Joining the board at Bennelong as non-executive directors are Vicki Allen and Lincoln McMahon. This announcement, coupled ...

QTC board appoints former Credit Suisse exec

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
Queensland Treasury Corporation recently welcomed a new board member and the reappointment of its chair, with both directors appointed for a three year term. Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt reappointed Gerard Bradley as chair of QTC, while former Credit ...

AIA launches adviser self-service portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... manage client insurance administration. The portal allows financial advisers to update their clients' contact information and bank and credit card details directly to their policies, automatically sending confirmation emails to clients. AIA Australia ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... housing" more than offset the 0.6% fall in lending"owner occupied housing. The increase in housing finance follows the Reserve Bank's 25 basis point reduction in interest rates to a record low 1.75% on the 3rd of May. The latest figures take the growth ...

MORE Super switches to Simple Fund 360

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... Fund 360 making it the most widely used cloud based SMSF administration solution. Simple Fund 360 now supports almost 250 bank, broker, wrap and platform data feeds. "Simple Fund 360 was born from an accounting package not a portfolio package," added ...

Elders transformation brings new light to the group

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Dealer group Elders Financial Planning (Elders) has emerged from a six month transformation, a realignment the group hopes will attract more advisers to the Elders network. A joint venture company (Elders 49%, ANZ 51%), Elders Group have one the largest ...

UniSuper reflects on investment highs and lows

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
UniSuper has called out its active management investment strategies during a tumultuous financial year that included several highs and lows in the process of attempting to deliver substantial member returns. The $52 billion superannuation fund said ...

ME makes peak appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
ME, the bank owned by 30 industry super funds, has appointed a former lawyer and accomplished mountaineer to its board. Cheryl Bart's board appointment was effective from 1 July. ME described the former lawyer, who started her career in the banking ...

S&P outlook downgrade extends to banks

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... improved, current account deficient remains elevated or if terms of trade continue to weaken. Westpac, ANZ, NAB and Commonwealth Bank all had their ratings reaffirmed, but saw their outlooks move from 'stable' to 'negative', a move that threatens to ...