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Russell Investments sold to TA Associates

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... 2016. TA Associates managing director, Todd Crockett, said Russell Investments "will continue to be a differentiator and driver of growth in the marketplace going forward." Russell Investments president and chief executive, Len Brennan, said he considers ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
Recent high-profile mergers and acquisitions of aligned advisers by independent groups are a sign of a growing trend. In the past three months, former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett's firm AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... deputy governor Philip Lowe gives a speech the Thomson Reuters' Australian Regulatory Summit. And in equities news, the owner of Radio Rentals, Thorn Group releases its full year results, as recruitment firm Programmed Maintenance Services is also releasing ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... assets under management have risen six per cent. AMP, Rio Tinto, Caltex Australia, and Westfield's Australian shopping centre owner Scentre Group are holding annual general meetings on Thursday.A

Managed accounts work for insto investors too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... mandates much more closely than they did when such tasks were the responsibility of their external asset consultants. Another driver is that non-correlated returns from alternative investments becoming harder to achieve means institutional investors ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions have undervalued advice for decades by offering it at a loss to lead clients into product sales, Ernst & Young (EY) have said in their submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). EY argued that decades old industry ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... judgments based on averages, living mortgage-free but investing in shares is living the dream, and at least when you are an owner you can hang pictures on your walls and get a dog without having to get permission from the landlord. And if this wasn't ...

Asset owners must embrace change

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... article in Towers Watson's annual Global Investment Matters publication, Urwin said competitive positioning is becoming a key driver of change in the institutional investor world given the intense competition for returns, for investment talent and for ...

Bombora signs first partner, signals more expansion

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
Independent licensee Bombora Advice has signed on risk protection specialist Complete Risk Analysis (CRA) as its first partner, with more firms expected to jump on board over the coming months. Bombora managing director Wayne Handley said that the addition ...

How advisers can double their business value

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013
... constant feedback is principals asking why they hadn't thought to do this years ago," said Wrightson. "Technology has been the driver of structural change in our industry for the last two decades. FoFA combined with desktop administration and investment ...