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Compliance absorbs half of platforms' development budget

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Platforms are spending almost half of their development budget on regulatory compliance, the Investment Trends 2013 Platform Report found. The research covered 454 key characteristics of 13 platform providers and found that spending on developing new ...

Research house launches direct ratings system

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
Independent researcher Defaqto has launched a ratings system addressed at consumers who want to purchase financial products without going through an adviser. The Life Assurance Star Ratings identifies over 50 direct life insurance products and rates ...

AIST reshuffles board, names new president

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The current chair of HESTA will become the new president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Angela Emslie, who is also a director of Frontier Advisors, has been a director of AIST since 2007. She replaces Cate Wood, who has ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... about where to look but often the best specialist equity managers are found in boutiques established to provide greater focus. In some cases, they may be managing money for high-net-worth individuals or running hedge funds.A Often the mind-set or skill-set ...

AMP Capital appoints London-based institutional director

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... and she will report to AMP Capital managing director Europe, Middle East and Africa Richard Shields. Campbell will also focus on fundraising for AMP Capital's UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) platform and for ...

SPAA launches online CPD tool

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... association's members and designed to gauge the level the knowledge that advisers have on SMSFs, before recommending specific focus areas for upcoming CPD activities. The new tool comes a few months after SPAA launched CPD Hub, an online database of ...

Funds passport 'doomed to fail' without tax reform

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The Asia Region Funds Passport is "doomed to fail" unless the government changes taxation law to favour Asian investors in Australia, according to BNP Paribas Security Services managing director Peter Baker. While the funds passport initiative is good ...

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The PM Capital Emerging Asia Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. PM Capital is a bottom-up stock-picker whose approach is based on fundamental analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy ...

TT International adds two to investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
... Jeremy Ip and portfolio manager Sebastian de Bont. TT International partner Matt Mason said: "As a high alpha specialist, we focus our efforts on the strength of our research platform and are delighted to have attracted such strong talent to the firm." ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...