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Former CFSGAM exec joins Frontier Advisors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
... capabilities. "We believe that property and infrastructure particularly are areas where clients want not just manager research advice, but advice on how to put portfolios together and how to look at assets and analyse management of the assets, and Tim ...

International shares pose barriers to entry

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Investors looking to increase their exposure to international shares are hampered by a lack of understanding, according to the latest CoreData Australian Investor Report. The researcher surveyed 928 investors with a range of risk profiles and identified ...

Superannuation Research Cluster makes two appointments

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
Doctors Sonja Kassenboehmer and Jun Feng have been appointed to the CSIRO-Monash University Superannuation Research Cluster as part of its $9 million research program. Kassenboehmer is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
... Fund in companies such as BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Oil Search, Aurora Oil & Gas, and Ausdrill. Dr Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital, said the inclusion of such companies was based on careful analysis of a number of environmental, social ...

Financial execs have poor ethics, little regulatory knowledge

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... "flexible" ethical standards and only 12% are confident in their knowledge of the regulatory environment, a CFA Institute research found. The global study, entitled A Crisis of Culture: Valuing Ethics and Knowledge in Financial Services, has highlighted ...

Super returns climb to 16.1pct, ahead of pre-GFC glory days

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... returns in three and half years and are ahead of the pre-GFC glory days when returns averaged 15% pa, noted Rainmaker the research group that conducts the SelectingSuper performance surveys. Rainmaker said the results are so high because the ASX accumulation ...

AMP's Ipac unveils Next Generation Advice program

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... Steele expects it to be fully implemented by the end of the March quarter, 2014. The implementation follows a year of research that included the help of an independent expert, as well as a seven-week program to seek client feedback. "We tested the support ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2013
... www.financialstandard.com.au, can also be accessed in the app through the 'Breaking News' section. For investment professionals, the research tables on super funds and managed funds performance data - supplied by Rainmaker Information and publishers ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Vanguard has appointed Jeffrey Johnson to lead its investment strategy and research team for Vanguard Asia Pacific. He will oversee a team of four senior investment analysts and economists with responsibility for promoting and enhancing Vanguard's reputation ...

Van Eyk appoints acquisitions specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
Ratings and advice provider van Eyk Research has appointed Anthony Vaiente to the newly created role of manager of practice acquisitions and recruitment. Vaiente has over 15 years' experience in business development, mergers and acquisitions of financial ...