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No age limit on great advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... the Year Award close on Friday 28 July with the winner announced at the AFA National Adviser Conference in October on the Gold Coast.

Adviser group expands national footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
Boutique Sydney wealth management firm Affinity Group acquired a stake in a Brisbane financial planning practice, boosting its funds under advice to more than $500 million. Affinity bought 50% of Hillross Financial Services, a Brisbane-based firm established ...

Jump goes the Aussie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Here we go again, extrapolating as we go. After projected to fall to US$0.70 (or less) only last month, the tide has turned for the Australian dollar after it jumped to a 26-month high versus the greenback to US$0.7933. It's now extrapolated to keep ...

BlackRock hires new executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
BlackRock is expanding its digital and distribution strategies with two executive appointments. Katie Petering is the new head of asset manager sales for BlackRock's exchange-traded funds business iShares. She will report to head of iShares Australia ...

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... across the world," Hakes said. In other news, the AFA has announced details of its 2017 annual conference to be held on the Gold Coast in October. Speakers will include Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer, Nelson Mandela's former ...

Private equity firm confirms $2.2bn bid

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
Global private equity firm KKR has made a $2.2 billion buyout proposal for an Australian telecoms operator. The proposal to acquire Vocus Group is subject to a number of conditions, including KKR being satisfied with due diligence, available financing ...

Hunter Hall funds and LIC receive makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2017
The investment strategies for Hunter Hall's international equities funds will be updated following its merger with Pengana Capital, while the Hunter Hall Global Value board has also received a shakeup. Maintaining the current ethical screens in their ...

Yarra appoints investment operations manager from IOOF

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Yarra Capital Management appointed a manager for investment operations. Andrew Pagoulatos joined Yarra in October from IOOF, where he was team lead, investment operations. Before that, he held multiple roles at Goldman Sachs, including executive director ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... network is driving mergers and acquisitions. The New Perspective Fund received the coveted Morningstar analyst rating of 'Gold' in February and has a 'Recommended' rating from both Lonsec and Zenith Investment Partners. As at 30 December 2016 it has ...

Bringing funds management to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... many people, especially younger Australians, owning property can seem too far away. Superannuation is of course, our rolled gold public policy which helps us all save for our retirement, but investing in managed funds is another option for saving and ...