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PSK completes acquisition of Sydney firm

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
PSK Financial Services has acquired a Chatswood-based financial planning firm, bringing the group's total funds under advice to $2 billion. Founded more than 20 years' ago, Legan Financial Services is currently responsible for $420 million of funds ...

VicSuper hires distribution executive manager

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
VicSuper has appointed an executive manager, distribution and has flagged a commitment to future growth through distribution. With more than 15 years' experience in the financial services industry, Joshua Parisotto will step into the newly created role. ...

Fiducian reports 22% profit boost

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2016
Fiducian Group has announced a 22 per cent increase in its underlying net profit after tax for the 2016 financial year, totaling $7 million. Despite a year of uncertainty, the wealth management firm also announced a 16% increase in funds under management ...

Automated retirement product gains recognition

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund's automated retirement income solution has been recognised as an innovative product by the country's business community. Australian Catholic Super's RetireSmart account-based pension was a winner ...

AU wins Herston Quarter mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
The Queensland Government has confirmed Australian Unity as the preferred tenderer for the $1.1 billion Herston Quarter project in Brisbane. Australian Unity plans to develop and play a continued role in an integrated health, ageing and research precinct ...

Pension changes will impact retirement adequacy

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... 700 in expenditure that you didn't previously had. "Understanding those broader impacts is really important for trying to plan for meeting your cash flow needs and understanding how that impacts your longer term financial planning." The WTW report concludes ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
SMSF trustees are trending upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... engagement with each of the fund's 32,000 members. Arriving at the $7 billion fund in December 2015, Clancy says his 100-day plan was four fold: to listen, to learn, to build relationships, and then develop a strategic plan for the next three to five ...

Franklin Templeton appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Jim McKay was previously Franklin Templeton's director - advisory services. Prior to that, he was head of distribution and head of wholesale business at ING INvestment ...

Magellan full year profits up 14%

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016
Magellan Financial Group has seen its net after tax profit increase 14% to $198.4 million in the last financial year. Funds under management rose 11% to total $40.5 billion at 30 June with 83% of assets in global equities and 17% in infrastructure equities. ...