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Sunsuper creates new product division

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Sunsuper has created a new product division and appointed Andrew Nicholson to the executive role of general manager, product to its Brisbane office. The newly created division will look after a range of super, insurance, financial advice and retirement ...

Altius: Role of fixed interest hazy

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Australian investors do not fully understand the role and benefits of fixed interest in a portfolio because of the statistical and complex nature of this asset class, according to an industry expert. There is increasing evidence that many investors ...

Time to stop the rot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
Looks like some partygoers have gotten lost on their way to the party - Big Ben's party, that is. Less than 24 hours after Bloomberg Businessweek published this headline, "Fed Stuck at Zero Into 2015, QE Odds Reach 99%" yesterday, screens displaying ...

Brokerage domination chokes competition: Paritech

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2012
The net effect of the domination a handful of large players have over Australia's brokerage market is cheap brokerage fees, but expensive administration and little innovation. That's according to independent player Paritech, whose chief executive Rick ...

Super concession cuts ignite SMSF debate

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Reports that tax concessions to super will be cut by the Government to fund upcoming health and education initiatives have sparked debate in the industry over whether high balance super members and SMSFs in particular are paying their share. Recent ...

IFM appoints global head of marketing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2012
Industry Funds Management has appointed former Ernst & Young executive Wade Smith to the role of global head of marketing. Based in Melbourne, Smith will take responsibility for designing and executing IFM's global marketing strategy, product development ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
Increasing allocations to alternatives warrants a more meaningful classification over what comprises the sector, according to Pengana Capital. Russell Pillemer, Pengana Capital CEO, said when "alternative" allocations were small, reference to the ubiquitous ...

AMP Capital continues restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
AMP Capital's investment specialist team will no longer operate as an independent unit within the business from October, a further step in the company's restructure. Investment specialists operated as middlemen between clients and fund managers. They ...

MLC names executive manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
MLC has named Scott Hartley to the newly-created role of executive general manager of the firm's Corporate and Institutional Wealth division. Hartley joined MLC in 1999. His previous roles include general manager of Strategy and Marketing and general ...

ASIC lines up Macquarie Private

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
ASIC is in the preliminary stages of an investigation into Macquarie's private wealth division over concerns related to potential breaches by advisers. It is understood that the regulator has written to Macquarie Group and issued a request for information ...