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Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... returns at 6.6% pa. Not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 11.3% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts) achieved 12.0% - meaning retail funds have extended their lead over NFP funds from 0.1 percentage points to 0.7 percentage ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... investment included building a new wealth platform, launching WealthFoundations and other costs associated with migrating the master trust products onto a new platform. The merger with Matrix contributed $0.2 million of underlying net profit after tax ...

Spring FG promotes two execs to state manager

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... joined Spring FG in 2012, is currently a senior adviser with the company's Queensland advisory team. Cullen said: "As a Master of Commerce and an early inductee to the company's graduate recruit program, Michael has continued to develop and refine a ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... remaining barriers can also be overcome," Peker said. The report is based on detailed analyst reviews comparing 22 leading master trust and wrap platforms across 466 aspects of their service offerings.

MLC promotes retail platform GM from within

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
MLC has promoted Kathy Vincent to the role of general manager, retail wealth platforms. Vincent joined MLC in 2012 with more than 20 years of financial services experience. She has led the company's retail investment platforms strategy team since 2012 ...

Stella Network ramps up support for women in financial planning

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
A networking group set up to support women in financial planning celebrated its one-year birthday this week with a string of good news for its members and supporters. On Wednesday night, the legendary Joan Sutherland Studio of the Opera Australia in ...

When Japan is blah, the Eurozone is ugh and China is wow

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2015
... believes the next interest rate will be up, not down, although such a rate rise might not eventuate until 2016. This year's Master of Ceremonies was Tim Harcourt and a special tribute was held for Don Stammer, who was master of ceremonies and speaker ...

Boutique corporate super realigns following MySuper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2015
... The findings are contained in the latest Rainmaker Advantage report that revealed platform funds under advice (FUA) in master trusts and wraps increased $40 billion over the 12 months to end September 2014 to reach $504 billion. BT Financial Group (BTFG) ...

AMP recruits NAB executive to head product, strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
AMP has appointed a former NAB executive to the role of director of product, strategy and services, following an extensive search. NAB former general manager of retail wealth platforms Dean Thomas joins AMP today. The role was last held by Melinda Howes ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced record numbers of advisers applying for its masters-level Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation. According to AFA chief executive Brad Fox, the FChFP curriculum has been ...