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Equity Trustees responds to GAM suspension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
Equity Trustees halted applications into and redemptions from two GAM Investments funds following the suspension of the global manager's fixed income investment director. In a letter to unitholders, Equity Trustees - as responsible entity for the ...

Last chance to participate in the annual FS Managed Accounts Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
... year. Meanwhile, newly-listed group Netwealth enjoyed a 170% jump on its Managed Account product to $1.8 billion for FY 2018. Alex Dunnin, executive director - research and compliance at Rainmaker Group (which owns Financial Standard) said that the managed ...

Credit Suisse promotes private banking specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
... market leader at Credit Suisse Private Banking Australia, Michael Marr will lead the business from August 1. He replaces Alex Wade who, since January 2017, has been responsible for Australia and developed and emerging Asia. Wade will now focus solely ...

Innovators must cooperate: Stone and Chalk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... access to the incubator's 26 corporate partners, the majority of which are based in Sydney. Stone and Chalk chief executive Alex Scandurra said collaboration was the new way forward for startups in Australia. "If Australia is to realise the goals of ...

ETF industry swells to $39 billion, global equities dominate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
... ethical category, which recorded about the same net inflows at $130 million versus $135 million. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vyonkur said: "While flows into equities ETFs remain strong, investors are still wary of how their assets are allocated ...

BetaShares hires institutional executive from BlackRock

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
... investors. He will work closely with BetaShares distribution co-heads Peter Harper and Vinnie Wadhera. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the manager is positioning itself to meet institutional demand for ETFs which it expects to continue to ...

CBA, ANZ told to clean up superannuation distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
An ASIC investigation alleges Commonwealth Bank and ANZ branches offered superannuation products to customers at the end of general fact-finding processes, which the customers may have mistaken as "personal" advice rather than "general" advice. Commonwealth ...

YBR offloads legacy wealth subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... entered into a book sale and purchase agreement with INPRO Australia. The transaction will see INPRO senior financial adviser Alex Kean acquire YBRIS' advice service relationships, records and recurring revenues - impacting about 150 private clients. ...

Dover exit renews self-licensing calls

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
The collapse of Dover Financial Advisers has left more than 400 advisers with a narrow 30-day window to sign on with a new licensee, renewing calls for a more straightforward self-licensing regime. It's unclear at this stage where those 400 advisers ...

Sequoia sells direct equities business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Sequoia Financial Group noted the sale of its direct equities business in a market update. Sequoia said it was selling Sequoia Direct as part of a "simplication of its overall operation by reducing the number of AFSLs operated within the Sequoia group." ...