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CommSec appoints head of adviser services

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... business. "Eric brings more than twenty years of international and local expertise to our business and a proven track record in wealth management, equities and client services," CommSec executive general manager, Stephen Karpin said. Prior to Investment ...

Rainmaker appoints brand and media strategist

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... excited to join Rainmaker at a time when there is such great opportunity to reconcile the dissonance between the value that wealth managers offer and their ability to be heard," she said. Bronwyn commenced her new role on 15 April.

Apps disappoint despite vast tech spend

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... investment and superannuation apps. According to BanterMob director of mobile marketing and strategy Kelly Slessor, the wealth creation sector is not as advanced as the transactional banking sector. "Most of the apps are superannuation calculators and ...

Switzerland falling out of favour with UHNWs

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... net worth segment of the market, said it expected Singapore to overtake Switzerland as the favourite destination for the wealth of the world's richest people. The Asian country had some $550bn in assets under management at the end of 2011, up from $50bn ...

CFS creates wrap platform for Infocus

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... pension service as well as an investment service. It was developed by CFS Custom Solutions for Queensland-based Infocus Wealth Management (IWM). Under the arrangement, CFS Custom Solutions will administer the platform and provide custody services for ...

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... September 2011. It's bad, it's bad, you know it. Just ask John Paulson who reportedly lost US$1.5 billion of his personal wealth betting on the shiny metal (though it's still a paper loss until he sells his holdings). Just ask the central banks, which ...

2013 Financial Standard Sales & Marketing Forum

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... two-day forum at either The Shangri-La in Sydney. Confirmed speakers include chief economists include PIMCO's head of global wealth management, Peter Dorrian, the Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden, Industry Funds Management's chief ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013
... cents at $35.13 and Ramsay Health Care 13 cents higher at $32.03. "No one is really too aggressive," Macquarie Private Wealth division director Lucinda Chan said. "It was a bad couple of days so naturally some bargains are there so people are buying. ...

BGL to provide automated property data for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2013
... trillion the Australian residential and commercial property markets are the largest asset class underpinning Australia's wealth," RP Data chief executive Graham Mirabito said. Land Title searches and depreciation data will also be available through this ...

Is benchmarking being legislated?

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2013
... benchmarks as justification for putting clients in particular asset classes," Ramsay said. "You could see some significant wealth destruction in real terms," he said. Van Eyk Senior Asset Consultant Fil Andronaco noted that many portfolios had a bias ...