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CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... Bank, HSBC, Swiss Re, APRA and Perpetual. "Appointing a senior advocate for Australia and New Zealand gives us more scope to focus on important issues in our markets and to provide leadership around solutions," CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan ...

Getting SMSFs into infra not worth the effort

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... good, well-structured projects going into the market," he added. Lyon argued: "I don't think we need a particularly great focus on SMSFs. If we get good projects out in the market then you are signaling for investors that already have the skill and the ...

Client satisfaction up despite bad press

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... an innovation priority within the next three months and 91% indicated as a priority within the next six months. Other key focus areas include financial management (68% focus within three months and 89% within six months) and financial management and ...

Actuaries Institute demands long term policy focus

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
The Actuaries Institute recommended increased policy focus on retirement income in its final FSI submission. The submission emphasised the issue of existing regulatory barriers to improving Australia's retirement income system, arguing that a legislative ...

Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Macquarie has confirmed it will close Risk Advice Specialists, a boutique advisory dealer group operating under the Macquarie AFSL. Financial Standard understands that the five Risk Advice Specialists planners will transition to other licensees outside ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
Competition among fund managers for the ever growing pool of retirement funds is set to move away from Australia and into international markets. Tougher conditions locally and the limited capacity of the market to absorb the $1.9 trillion in superannuation ...

CMSF closes with focus on policy

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees' (AIST) Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) has finished on the Gold Coast with a focus on the policy issues affecting the industry. The conference has seen over 1,100 delegates attend 66 sessions and listen to ...

Global dividend growers suit retirement income

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
... the world, has just launched its World Dividend Growers fund to the Australian institutional and retail markets. With a focus on companies which can grow their dividends over time rather than those with the highest headline yield, Capital Group believes ...

APRA shakes up executive team, addresses super conflicts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015
APRA has made multiple changes to its senior executive team. Steve Matthews has been appointed executive general manager, corporate services, having been APRA's chief financial officer since 2010. Brandon Khoo replaces Keith Chapman as executive general ...

Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... after fees. Mitchell said the funds are likely to be more concentrated than Platinum's portfolios but will have a similar focus on the Asian, particularly Chinese, consumer. One specific investment opportunity he highlighted was LCD glass, which is likely ...