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Telstra Super replaces NAS with J.P. Morgan as custodian

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Telstra Super has replaced NAB Asset Servicing with J.P. Morgan Investor Services as master custodian and investment reporting services provider. Explaining the change, Telstra Super head of investment operations Miles Mallick said, "We were impressed ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

Still in the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
"Oh, I love you more today than yesterday..." -- Spiral Staircase But would it be "...as much as tomorrow"? That's the musical version of "is this a dead cat bounce?" Yes Virginia, I refer to the Shanghai Composite Index which tumbled 5.9% one-day and ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Investors are wrongly convincing themselves there is still value in an overpriced equity market, a top performing fund manager says. Ben Leyland, senior fund manager at BT Investment Management-owned investment house J O Hambro and manager of the London-based ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Midnight's been kicked back. Last night was supposed to be the night when the Grexit clock struck 12 - the make or break - and then there's this from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ): "Special summit of eurozone leaders called for Monday". Trust the masters ...

Small funds winning group risk race

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... The Autumn 2015 Rainmaker Superannuation Benchmarking report analysed 15,408 risk options offered by 235 super funds and master trusts. The report suggests this has come about because insurers are "placing greater scrutiny on policies held by larger ...

Platform FUM up $660bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... grew 11.8% to reach $303.1 billion by the end of March. Inflows of $55.9billion were offset by outflows of $56.0 billion. Master Trusts increased by 16.4% to reach $95.3bn with annual inflows jumping 21.7% to $18 billion while corresponding outflows ...

TAL Risk Academy receiving "record" applications

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2015
TAL's ongoing education initiative, the Risk Academy, is receiving high volumes of adviser applications. The Risk Academy offers three courses, accredited by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA): Essential, Advice and Masters. Collectively, they ...

PROFILE: IOOF managing director Chris Kelaher

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... to do is to run the whole business from Melbourne, take it from Hobart and into the mainland." To Kelaher, growing the master trust and funds management business was even harder than Citi: "At the time, Citi was not very well known in Australia. But ...

Mocking Maastricht

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
Is there? Is there not? A deal between 'the institutions' and Greece? It's a mere three winks away to crunch time and yet, there's still conflicting news on whether or not 'the institutions' would give Athens the euros it needs to repay one of 'the ...