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No-deal Brexit sparks mixed reaction: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... will be lost under a no-deal Brexit. The majority of job losses (148,000) will hit London the hardest. Consulting and accounting firm EY says not only are numerous financial firms leaving the UK, but they are taking their investments with them. About ...

Productivity Commission shakes up default superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... industry funds and almost a third are retail funds." Notably, the retail funds were larger on average, collectively accounting for 77% of members in underperforming funds or about 3.8 million accounts. Members save $3.8bn The Commission said the twin ...

WestConnex among largest infrastructure deals in 2018

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... the course of 2018, 2454 infrastructure deals were made totalling US$322 billion, with renewable energy increasingly accounting for the bulk of infrastructure investments. Preqin head of real assets Patrick Adefuye said the industry has seen deal activity ...

Link hires former State Street MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... number of client transformations. Link Fund Solutions provides outsourced middle and back office administration, fund accounting services and transfer agency services to more than 100 clients with over $50 billion of funds under administration. The division ...

Royal Commission sparks risk book sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... acquisitions to $1 million. Radar Results, which specialises in mergers and acquisitions of financial planning and accounting businesses, is currently working with 94 individual practices that are looking to sell their business. In terms of supply and ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... rankings reflect the strength of a fund managers' brand profile relative to its peers within 10 key attributes, accounting for metrics such as perceived expertise across six asset classes and cut through via six communication channels. The leading ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... organisational structure, governance and conflicts management frameworks. It also noted an independent report issued by big-four accounting firm EY which provided a "reasonable basis" to conclude IIML had breached section 52 of the SIS Act and prudential ...

Industry fund hires group executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... newly-created teams inside Rest. The corporate services team will work on several areas: financial strategy and management; accounting services; company secretariat and legal; audit and risk management; and compliance. Kyle most recently worked on MLC ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... on the value of the investment product's assets. Asset-based fees make up a significant portion of its revenues, accounting for 21.7% for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2017. BlackRock, MSCI said, accounted for 11.5% of total revenues making it ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... with eight subjects from a short list of related fields," AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said. These fields include accounting, taxation law, finance law, finance, business law, investment, estate law, banking and economics. "This is much more in alignment ...