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QIC and Future Fund win Port of Melbourne lease

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
... piece of the Victorian and Australian logistics supply chain. "Our consortium has developed a long term vision and business plan. Leveraging our global port and regulated asset experience QIC is focused on delivering long term stewardship and improvements ...

CFS sets focus on financial literacy with Wealth IQ

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Colonial First State (CFS) has launched a digital tool to assist financial advisers in increasing the financial literacy of their clients. Wealth IQ was designed to help advisers explain complex financial planning and investment concepts to their clients ...

Adviser feedback drives Elevate Online refresh

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
AMP has launched a series of updates to its Elevate Online platform, in the hopes of streamlining the adviser user experience. The web based platform supporting AMP's Elevate Online has been upgraded to simplify the quoting and application process and ...

Vanguard changes emerging markets ETF index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has completed its planned change in the underlying index of its Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) in order to provide investors with exposure to China-A shares and a bigger weighting to smaller companies. Effective as ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The financial planning industry and financial advisers have largely welcomed the federal government's decision to drop the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Pilot, surgeon and soccer coach join FPA line up

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The Financial Planning Association has announced the full line up of speakers ahead of the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress in Perth later this year. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said this year's group of speakers was the strongest one yet for the ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
JBS Financial chief executive and former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over ...

MainstreamBPO makes hire for European expansion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Fund administration provider MainstreamBPO has hired a 30-year veteran of the financial services industry to drive its expansion into Europe. To further establish its presence in Europe and the UK the group has opened serviced offices in London and ...

Contango continues to grow investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... roles to play as the business continues to mature. "We have made it well known that we have a clear and strategic growth plan in place, and expanding our investment team is a big part of that. Adding high calibre individuals allows us to keep improving ...

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Younger Australians, those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation. The quarterly survey of more than 2,000 ...