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UBS enters SIV space

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... offer an Australian small cap product which has been designed specifically for clients seeking a SIV compliant fund," said Stephen Wood, co-portfolio manager for the new fund. "The UBS small caps team has been offering small cap funds to the Australian ...

Give first home buyers access to super: CEDA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... pension assets test, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) has said. CEDA chief executive Professor Stephen Martin said that the measure would help alleviate poverty in retirement. Speaking ahead of the release of a new report, 'The ...

Colonial First State awards $55m mandate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... Australian small companies for institutional and high net worth investors." The mandate will be managed by Series and Stephen Walsh, the principals of 8IP. Both have extensive investment experience, having held senior roles in financial services in Australia ...

Pillar Administration to operate under Acurity software

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... highly compelling consideration for superannuation administration services," Brook said. Financial Synergy chief executive Stephen Mackley said the company was openly trying to automate as much as it can on the Acurity platform. "In the past the software ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... institutional investors had pulled a net $8.2 billion (US$6.8 billion) from hedge funds since the beginning of 2015. Professor Stephen Brown from the New York University Stern School of Business has been studying hedge funds for close to four decades ...

BT reveals winners of national awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
BT Financial Group handed the awards to best adviser, best practice of the year and rising star at a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. McPhail HLG Financial Planning director and adviser Anne Graham was awarded Adviser of the Year, while the ...

Indigenous super on Canberra agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... done to address the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the system. Vision Super chief executive, Stephen Rowe, said awareness levels about the issues indigenous people face in the super system have historically been low. "One of ...

Magellan adds infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has appointed a senior portfolio manager to its global infrastructure team. Stephen Mentzines joins the fund manager from ASX-listed Sydney Airport, where he was chief financial officer. Before that he was with Macquarie Group ...

GBST wealth management performance drives 52% profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... million. "We are pleased to report continued sales growth both in Australia and internationally," said GBST managing director Stephen Lake. "This reflects the progress of our global growth strategy which is supported by ongoing investment in our products ...

Macquarie advisers defect to start independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) have left the group to start their own non-aligned boutique advice firm. Jeffrey Wrightson, Stephen Thaxter, Chris Forrest and Nina Kazmierczak have set up Sovereign Wealth Partners, a firm backed by Bennelong Wealth Partners ...