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Statewide Super and Financial Synergy announce new partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... by creating a model for member administration, online access, reporting and compliance. The $6 billion fund will turn its focus to fund administration and "optimising the member experience." Financial Synergy chief executive Stephen Mackley said no longer ...

Northern Trust and AltX partner on hedge fund data

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016

JBWere and Moelis forge new research and distribution alliance

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... clients will also have access to Moelis' specialist investment research, covering over 60 companies in Australia with a strong focus on small and mid-cap companies, and the real estate sector. JBWere chief executive Justin Greiner said: "We are committed ...

Banking inquiry cost better spent on ASIC: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... rules that are broken, it's the individual cases of conduct that could be improved," said Fox. Fox argued that a greater focus of ethics and education would provide advisers with the right tools to make better decisions. "We've had I think it is 23 different ...

Former CFP GM joins industry super fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Former Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) general manager Harry Mitchell has signed on as an industry superannuation fund chief executive, joining Mine Wealth + Wellbeing from May. Mitchell led CFP for three-and-a-half years and entered the position ...

Wealth management left out of data discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... federal government's recent fintech statement which highlighted the challenges data access is posing, the firm believes the focus on credit data remains too narrow. InvestmentLink chief technology officer Wayne Robinson said about half of the fintech ...

Allianz Pacific corporate and specialty CEO moves to regional role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
... excellent work on behalf of AGCS over the years," Allianz chief regions and markets officer Carsten Scheffel said. "His focus and determination to build our team and business in Australia and New Zealand resulted in real positive growth year on year. ...

SEC seeks comment on Accredited Investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
With all the focus on retail financial advice and introducing a fiduciary rule, the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) is asking for public submissions regarding amending the definition of what is an Accredited Investor. An Accredited Investor ...

Aussie agtech the focus for US fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
A California-based venture capital firm has announced it is fundraising in Australia as part of a final closing for its US$150 million fund investing in agriculture technology. The Finistere Ventures II fund is targeting Australian institutional investors ...

NAB and PwC partner for tax app

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
... looking to support our customers and making it easier for them to achieve their goals. This innovation demonstrates our focus on building strategic partnerships to create customer-led solutions." PwC managing partner, strategy Sammy Kumar added that ...