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State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... still courtesy of Warren. Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway is reportedly buying Precision Castparts' scripts - reviving market focus on M&A deals. Gotta get in before funding costs become more expensive. As per Reuters, "With US interest rates near zero for ...

Tasplan and Quadrant to use Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... experience we want to provide." Financial Synergy chief executive, Stephen Mackley, said Tasplan has a specific strategy to focus on client-care around a central management platform. Acurity is currently used to manage more than 2.5 million superannuation ...

Kinetic Super hires head of product

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Industry fund Kinetic Super has created the new role of head of product to expand its management team. Joining the $3 billion fund's customer experience team as head of product is Amanda Ralph. Her role will include adding "an extra dimension" to Kinetic ...

Poor digital experience set to hurt revenue

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... keep their customers and stay competitive." Respondents said that to improve their digital experience score brands should focus on delivering individual experiences to customers, but without infringing on their privacy. They also asked for an engaging ...

Industry fund advice on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Advice services in the not-for-profit super fund sector are expected to grow by 43% over the next four years, research by Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) suggests. Based on a survey of 19 ...

Philanthropists donate $6.2m through Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Perpetual clients have donated $6.2 million to not-for-profit organisations through the inaugural IMPACT Philanthropy Partnership program. The donations are a small part of the overall $85 million that Perpetual has distributed this year on behalf of ...

ASIC financial services enforcements down 10%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... confident that a remediation program is consistent and transparent," the report said. The report also emphasises ASIC's focus on improving corporate culture in financial services, which it said is a "key driver of conduct within [financial services]" ...

Henderson reveals costs of Australian acquisitions

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... acquisition, he said: "I think that for the remainder of the year it is fair to say that the Perennial acquisition is our focus." The acquisition will not close until later this year. "It's quite a lot of effort for us to extend our current global operating ...

Apogee partners with CoreData to improve client experience

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... eventually be able to survey 100% of the client-bases of Apogee-aligned practices, because "from that you can actually then focus on how do you change your proposition to be relevant in the future." The new CoreData process will be rolled out over the ...