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IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer has highlighted the regulator's expanding role in the SME registration space. Speaking at the National Council of Small Business Australia Conference in Sydney, Tanzer noted that small businesses, with fewer than 20 employees ...

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... she worked at Bain Capital Partners as finance manager and at Brinson Partners as director of equity research. Shire will focus on basic materials, healthcare and gaming, while Rossetti will focus on the consumer-related sectors. AMP Capital credit analyst ...

Large institution acquires SMSF admin firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... chief executive Stephen Doulgeridis will sit on the AMP SMSF leadership team and will report to Fenech. He will continue to focus on managing the firm's existing relationship with its clients. "This is great news for Justsuper and its clients.A We will ...

Towers Watson hires senior consultant

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Towers Watson has appointed a senior consultant to be based in the company's Sydney office. Aongus O'Gorman took up the role on 13 July and specialises in liquid diversifying strategies. O'Gorman was previously managing director of Round Tower Solutions ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... trades to keep their portfolio in balance either by using automated trading systems or executing their trades manually. This focus on trading activity leads some investment managers to confuse their trading activity with what an active investment manager ...

Annuities to become more competitive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... some hurdles. "They [annuities] are still capital intensive products. And you really do need to have the expertise and the focus to deliver annuities in your strategy," Lytas said. "Right now if we were to launch a deferred lifetime annuity - the assets ...

Cbus appoints new executive manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... capital and industry specialisation. Cbus chief executive David Atkin said the fund recently established a business unit to focus on employers and industry bodies. Atkin said the business unit and Coysh's appointment were "part of the new structure for ...

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Challenger's boutique funds management arm, Fidante Partners, has acquired a European alternative investments manager based in London. The buyout of Dexion Capital Holdings adds to Fidante's other UK-based managers, which include global infrastructure ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for submissions for its Adviser and Practice of the Year awards before the July 17 deadline. The Adviser of the Year award is based on adviser performance, practice business performance, professionalism ...

AIA renews commitment with SuperFriend

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... around $160 million dollars a year in income protection and disability claims. "Occupational rehabilitation has been a huge focus for us as a business, and we've conducted significant trials in this space to establish the key principles essential for ...