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Gen Y's more financially independent

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
At a time when Baby Boomers are suffering a sharemarket hammering, fewer GenY children now expect financial assistance with the purchase of their first home than in previous years, according to RaboDirect. According to the latest RaboDirect National ...

Childhood determines who rises to the top

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2012
... Fitzsimmons said most of the women had also suffered major adversity between the age of eight and 15 years, such as death of a parent or being victim of domestic violence. In bleak contrast, men who rise to the top typically grow up in stable traditional ...

Cost pressures spark Vanguard fee cuts

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2012
... Vanguard's head of product management said their scale made the price cut possible. "As a subsidiary of a client-owned parent company, which now manages in excess of $1.9 trillion for investors globally, we are well positioned to be able to pass on the ...

Super funds urged to disclose director and exec pay

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... next step in 'best practice' governance is a natural progression. "As so many directors in the retail sector are paid by a parent company to sit on its commercial superannuation fund board, it is essential to good governance that these relationships ...

Retail funds in ACTU's sights

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012
... act in the best interests of their members is profoundly compromised by their primary concern to maximise profits for the parent organisations that own them," the draft policy said. "This conflict creates powerful incentives for retail boards (many of ...

BTFG cash earnings down, FUM increases

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... super business now has the fourth largest market share at 13.4%, with annual net flows of $3.8 billion to December 2011." Parent company Westpac's strategy to provide more services to clients from across the Group has been seen as largely successful ...

netwealth unbundles super

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... featured platform services that are built to meet the needs of advisers and their clients and not those of any institutional parent." "As a result of improved technology and product development we're better able to manage multiple segments in the market. ...

Robeco hits Aus shores

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... institutional clients and private banks. The Sydney-based office will apply the resources, network and local knowledge of its parent company to position itself in the current Australian institutional market. "There are tremendous opportunities in the ...

AllianceBernstein Australia appoints new CEO

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... appoint the CEO from within the marketing function, according to the company. The appointment follows a global review by parent AllianceBernstein which caused speculation surrounding the firm's ongoing commitment to the local market. Former CEO of Australian ...

Gen Y aiming high: REST

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
The majority of Gen Ys have high aspirations for their futures, with two thirds expecting to work as hard, if not harder than their parents to achieve their desired lifestyle. A new survey by REST Super looks at the "wealth style" of 600 18 to 30 year ...