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TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
TAL and CommInsure each collected three accolades at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Life Company of the Year Awards in Sydney last night, and it was the former which won the top gong. Recognising its excellence in the provision of products ...

Macquarie IM acquires equities specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
Macquarie Investment Management is increasing its investment capabilities via the acquisition of a $6 billion specialist asset manager based in Luxembourg. The investment management division of Macquarie Group has entered an agreement to acquire ValueInvest ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Only two-in-five people working in the investment industry passed the first stage of the most recent Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination. Of the 68,086 candidates who took the Level I exam in December last year, 57% failed to progress to the ...

ClearView appoints head of distribution strategy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
Diversified wealth firm ClearView has promoted internally to appoint a new head of distribution strategy. Kathryn Williamson was previously ClearView's state manager for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. ClearView said it is now ...

How to find alpha in advice: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... tasks that can be fully automated - but they can do so by spending more time on "uniquely human tasks" and find ways to excel at them. Clients will not rebalance a portfolio when he or she receives a text alert, for example, but will want to talk to ...

Aussie equities boutique appoints portfolio manager from Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
A boutique Australian equities manager has appointed a new portfolio manager. Sam Twidale joins DNR Capital from Schroders in London, where he was a fund manager focused on European equities. Before that, he was an equity research analyst at Citi and ...

Boutique aims to tackle retiree housing affordability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
A boutique asset management firm is hoping to raise more than $9 million to acquire a Queensland retirement village, providing affordable housing for older Australians receiving government assistance. Hamilton Asset Management is looking to raise $9.06 ...

SuperConcepts acquires SMSF administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
SuperConcepts acquired a self-managed superannuation fund administration provider in an attempt to expand its market share. MORE Super joins SuperConcepts' growing network comprising AMP SMSF, Ascend, Cavendish, SuperIQ, superMate and yourSMSF. MORE ...

Advice dealer group recommits to OneVue

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
A growing independent financial advice group reappointed OneVue as its platform provider. Madison Financial Group recommitted to using its white-labelled WealthPortal for an additional five years. OneVue's platform technology underpins the WealthPortal ...

SMSF administrator creates lead data role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
A self-managed superannuation fund administrator has added a head of data and process to its executive lineup. Joining Heffron in the newly created role is Jodi Stapleton. Stapleton was most recently senior manager service and information delivery at ...