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Smarter Money Investments added to BT Wrap

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
The Smarter Money Investments (SMI) flagship cash fund has been added to the BT Wrap Platform and is now available on six other platforms for advisers and their clients inside and outside superannuation. The Yellow Brick Road (YBR) funds management ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will focus on education and knowledge as a means to drive business and client performance at this year's GenXt National Roadshow. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the roadshows that are taking ...

Google insurance coming soon

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Speculation is growing that Google will directly enter the insurance market. While its interest seems limited to automative insurance the impact of its disruptive approach is expected to impact other insurance classes. Google's interest in car insurance ...

Investec property fund acquires $8.1m warehouse

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2015
The Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired a new property in Derrimut, Victoria for $8.1 million. The acquisition, effective from 22 December 2014, caps off a busy year for the fund which added properties to the total purchase price value ...

Royal commission must look at 'full picture': TWUSUPER CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Incoming TWUSUPER chief executive Paul Sayer has questioned the motivation of the Royal Commission into Union Governance and Corruption, urging the commissioner to take a balanced view in his initial findings, which are due out on Monday. Just over ...

MTAA hails 'a third, a third, a third' board structure a success

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Financial System Inquiry report will be released this Sunday, and it is widely expected to have something to say about superannuation fund governance - namely, that the boards of super funds should have a quota of independent trustees. While many ...

ECB came bearing no pre-Xmas cheer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
"Maybe this year, maybe next year, maybe never I'm confessing That I'm guessing all the time." Edna Savage's immortal 1959 classic "Maybe This Year" provides an apt background song heading into last night's European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council ...

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Hastings appointed a new portfolio manager for The Infrastructure Fund (TIF) to replace Peter Siapikoudis, who has moved to the role of portfolio manager, Australian mandates. Jonathan van Rooyen will take over responsibility for the TIF, managing the ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fluctuated as the Federal Reserve's minutes show many policymakers see the need to watch for inflation. At 0905 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was down ...

Infra manager Hastings inks major China deal

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Infrastructure manager Hastings has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited (CMID) on the back of yesterday's China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. In April this ...