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NGS cuts ties with CommInsure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
NGS Super has terminated its longstanding partnership with CommInsure, awarding the mandate for its insurance offering to a rival life company. Following an in-depth tender process, the mandate has been secured by TAL; ending NGS's 28 year relationship ...

IRESS acquires super software provider

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Zealand will be offered the opportunity to acquire additional shares (to a fixed amount) via a non-underwritten share purchase plan. IRESS chief executive, Andrew Walsh, said: "Financial Synergy is an established and respected software solution provider ...

YBR selling off accounting business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... practice. Under the agreement, DBR Advisory will acquire YBR's accounting business and related assets, including goodwill, plan and equipment, client information, business contracts and debtors. YBR intellectual property, cash and licenses are exempt. ...

BKI appoints external investment manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... charge a performance fee to BKI. BKI explained further: "Millner and Culbert have surrendered all outstanding BKI incentive plan rights, both long-term and short-term. "The externalisation of portfolio management services will be governed by the agreement ...

Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... noted on previous occasions, participants' projections for the federal funds rate, including the median path, are not a fixed plan for future policy. Policy is not on a pre-set course. These forecasts represent participants' individual assessments of ...

Axsesstoday completes $20m bond issue

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
Axsesstoday has completed a $20 million bond issue as part of a debt diversification plan and to fund growth of the company's underlying equipment financing business. Arranged by FIIG Securities, the $20 million note issue will be combined to form a ...

Managed accounts market likely bigger than thought

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
The Australian managed accounts market is well on the way to achieving Morgan Stanley's $60 billion FUM by 2020 prediction, with data released by the Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals (IMAP) indicating the market has more than doubled since ...

Survey reveals little faith in bank advice

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... providers, 32% say they have used non-bank providers in the last 12 months, and 21% of customers have not yet used them but plan to do so in the near future," Colwell said. Consideration of alternative providers is even higher within particular product ...

PM Capital hires two from BTIM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Equities and fixed interest manager PM Capital has appointed a new head of distribution and head of marketing from BT Investment Management. Head of distribution Lachlan Cameron is responsible for the distribution of PM Capital's investment funds to ...

Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for greater clarity around the overarching purpose of the Financial Services Council's (FSC) Life Insurance Code. In its latest submission to the FSC the FPA noted that while the current draft has ...