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PROFILE: Australian Unity PFS CEO Steve Davis

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014

... United States and Perth, Steve Davis was a professional basketball player. But the financial services industry drew his interest and became his passion, he tells Laura Millan. Today, Davis is chief executive at Australian Unity Personal Financial Services. ...

UBS Dynamic Alpha Strategy wins large insto mandate

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014

... late last year and brings the DAS funds under management in Australia to $740 million. "We're delighted with the ongoing interest in DAS. The success of the strategy has been driven by a return to favour of active asset allocation globally in combination ...

Do not take adviser loyalty for granted: research

LAURA MILLAN | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014

... options among advisers who wanted to switch. "Following FoFA, and perhaps as a consequence of the introduction of the best interest duty, they now have increasing freedom," Investment Trends senior analyst Recep Peker said. "With a quarter of planners ...

Market wrap

AAP | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014

The Australian stock market is higher following gains on Wall Street and in Europe overnight. The lift comes after gains of more than one per cent on major European indices and a smaller rise on Wall Street. Patterson's Securities economist Tony Farnham ...

Bravura promotes exec to CIO role

MARK SMITH | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014

... McCann to the role of chief information officer (CIO) with a global remit. The company said the move follows increased interest in its managed service offering from across the Asia Pacific region. McCann will help to support and grow this area of the ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014

... the agriculture sector. The move is expected to help lower funding costs for small firms and farmers even though real interest rates in China still remain lower than they are in Brazil, Russia and India, China's BRIC colleagues. The interest rate for ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP | TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014

... London's benchmark FTSE 100 index shed 0.58 per cent to 6,597.37 points after the Bank of England also chose to hold its key interest rate at a record low. The European Central Bank held its key interest rates unchanged at 0.15 per cent at its regular ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH | MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014

Australian Ethical has made it possible for Australians to investing in ethical fixed interest assets for the first time with the launch of a new fund. The Australian Ethical Fixed Interest Trust comprises a diversified portfolio of Australian dollar-denominated ...

General advice is not advice: Rantall

JAMES FERNYHOUGH | FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

... was a consumer's friend or foe, Rantall said it was not necessarily a negative. However, he insisted the client's best interest must be the driving force, and that this ethos must be infused in the vertically integrated business's culture. Read all Financial ...

Van Eyk suspends redemptions on Blueprint funds

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014

... Eyk and Macquarie Investment Management Limited, the fund's responsible entity, "have determined that it is in the best interest of investors to temporarily suspend pricing, applications and redemptions," the company said. Three additional funds in the ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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