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The race is on for offshore investments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
The New Year will be crucial for simplifying regulation around offshore investment vehicles, according to Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane. Speaking to Financial Standard, Loane noted that corporate collective investment vehicles ...

HESTA hunting for new CIO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
HESTA will usher in the New Year with an expansion of its executive investment team. Following a review by Willis Towers Watson, the $36 billion super fund will implement a new investment strategy, resulting in the creation of a two-pronged leadership ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... understanding its impact on the provision of investment advice to retail clients. The report notes ASIC's launch of a Robo-advice Task Force - the objective of which is to informally identify firms offering automated services via exchanges during the ...

REST launches online financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... option, but the advice service will be broadened to other areas over time. "For many Australians, investing can be a daunting task and superannuation, which is an important long-term investment, is no exception," REST chief executive Damian Hill said. ...

Centrepoint driving adviser efficiencies

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Centrepoint will launch a range of back office solutions to its advisers in the New Year. The package will include para-planning, para-lending, life insurance health screening and varied administrative support options, including outsourcing particular ...

Brandon Capital to build largest Commonwealth VC fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Brandon Capital will lead a group of venture capital firms tasked with managing the government's $500 million Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF). Brandon Capital will drive the development of its life sciences fund, the Medical Research Commercialisation ...

Bank inquiry recommends breaking big four oligopoly

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics' first report in its review of the four major banks has recommended breaking the big four's "oligopoly" and introducing competition into the sector. The report said this could be achieved ...

Key demographic trends open new doors for advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The world is experiencing rapid change, creating a market driven even more by fear, so planners must work harder to understand their client's motivations and attitudes. This is the key takeout from Andrew Inwood's presentation at the 2016 FPA Congress ...

Preqin buys solution platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... analysis, and its global access to investors' expectations, we have a unique understanding of the issues involved in this task, and we look forward to helping Baxon expand further in the future," Preqin chief executive Mark O'Hare said. Baxon said they ...

Multi-asset expectations fall: Zenith

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... Partners' latest Multi Asset Sector Review found that the impact of interventionist policies on global markets is making the task of portfolio construction even more challenging and has occurred at a time when many markets are trading at extremes, with ...