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New CFO for QSuper

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
... superannuation and investment industries. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy Major) and a Bachelor of Laws, as well as a Master of Taxation.

High-calibre superannuation: 2014 CIO and COO Award recipients announced

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... recipient's choice. The event was held at the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, with leading finance journalist Michael Pascoe as Master of the Ceremonies and the Honourable Greg Combet AM as the guest speaker. The judging panel included: Cochrane, O'Neill ...

State Street partners with wealth management tech provider

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... Street's custody and asset servicing capabilities to provide a range of personalised wealth administration services via a master platform service. These will help advisers manage portfolio transactions across various asset classes in 168 jurisdictions. ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... research partner, noted that not-for-profit (NFP) super funds achieved 12 month returns of 9.3% and retail funds (ie corporate master trusts and retail MySuper products) achieved 7.9% for a segment gap that has bounced up again to 140 basis points. The ...

Surge in Australian-educated FM professionals heading OS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... states. Nearly two thirds of Australian university educated investment professionals (63%) on the eVestment database held a master's degree or better. The CFA is also a popular option as 70% are CFA charterholders versus 32% who hold MBAs. eVestment ...

Active management under threat from smart ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
The distinction between active and passive investment strategies is being blurred by the new range of index products being brought to market, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices managing director and index committee chairman David Blitzer. Speaking to ...

Financial Wisdom and Count also subject to higher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2014
... certified financial planner professional designation, a fellow chartered financial practitioner professional designation or a Master's in Financial Planning. It will also be valid to hold a degree in any field plus an accounting designation with one ...

Chocolate biscuits and animal spirits

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
All is clear again on the Wall Street front. Central bank assurances have silenced the Johnny Littles wailing that the sky is falling. We could only imagine now what would have happened to equity markets and in turn to sentiment and then the economies ...

The pathway to professionalism

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Large financial institutions are raising education standards for their financial advisers. For those already holding the right qualifications it will be business as usual, but for those who need to do some studying, Laura Millan has come up with a guide ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
BT Financial Group has launched an online advice register listing every adviser on its network, and providing details of their qualifications, customer ratings and feedback. Dubbed 'Adviser View' and described by BT's general manager of advice Mark ...