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Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
Future Fund chairman David Murray has signed on for a further 12 months at the sovereign wealth fund amid controversy over an alleged board split, it was announced yesterday. Treasurer Wayne Swan re-appointed Murray for a further year, saying in a press ...

Aussie funds fail transparency test

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... prospectus and does not require that management discuss its fund's performance." Financial strategist Justin Hooper of Sentinel Wealth, said advisers, like consumers, had been beaten into submission over years of trying to get information out of tight-lipped ...

Finsia creates site for industry students

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... provides information on corporate finance and wholesale banking, financial markets, managed funds and superannuation, private wealth management and retail banking. There is also a blog featuring graduates now in the workplace, a directory of internship ...

Super fund signals future role in govt policy

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... our members," said Silk. Top recruiter spots trend Tom Hancock, managing director at Tom Hancock Associates, a specialist wealth management recruiting firm, said this is a natural step as more super funds are employing specialists, such as external administrators ...

Equity Trustees names head of wealth mgmt

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
Equity Trustees internally promotes its head of marketing, Philip Galagher, to head of private clients wealth management business as the fund manager builds out its portfolio management services. Central to this new role, Galagher will be responsible ...

Adviser award highlights need for women-centric advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... savings. The AFA said that the award is an important first step in tackling the gender gap that exists in retirement savings, wealth protection and life insurance.

Platforms bounce back after GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... below its pre-GFC $400 billion 2007 peak, meaning that as terrible as the GFC fallout was, it only set back Australia's wealth creation plans by two years. The figures are contained in Rainmaker's latest Advantage report that details how platforms have ...

Last call for your say on law change

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... statements saying huge opportunities for global portfolio asset management would arise as Australian superannuation funds and wealth platforms grew in size. The proposed new rules are part of wider reforms to Australia's foreign source income anti-tax ...

UBS wealth mgmt to review compliance

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
ASIC has signed an enforceable undertaking (EU) from UBS Wealth Management Australia Ltd to review its compliance culture and frameworks and fix past compliance failures. The fund manager didn't provide statements of advice to 764 retail clients invested ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Australia's Future Fund is now the 13th largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, moving up from 15th place according to new figures from alternative investment research firm Preqin. The report compares the world's sovereign wealth funds in US dollar ...