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Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Boutique global equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed an investment manager from a UK firm to a newly-created head of research role. Hugh Selby-Smith joins the firm's Melbourne office from London-based Omni Partners, where he was responsible ...

FIIG appoints research team head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
FIIG Securities has appointed Mark Bayley as head of credit strategy and research. Bayley joins FIIG from Aquasia where he advised corporate and institutional investors on developments in the financial markets as a credit strategist. Prior that that ...

Fund managers not ready to enter new MIT tax regime

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
A tax partner at business law firm Hall & Wilcox believes some small to mid-size fund managers will struggle to be ready to enter the new tax regime for managed investment trusts (MITs). The new tax regime is expected to become law from 1 July 2016 ...

PC releases Efficiency and Competition Review issues paper

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper outlining how it will be approaching its latest efficiency and competition review of the superannuation system. The review was commissioned by Treasurer Scott Morrison earlier this year as part ...

Senate to investigate life industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
A Senate inquiry originally set to scrutinise Australia's financial advice industry has again deepened its investigations by adopting calls to examine the country's life insurance sector. With support from all sides of politics, Senator John Williams ...

IQ Group appoints customer advocacy head

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Superannuation and wealth management consultant IQ Group has appointed a head of customer advocacy and assurance. Katherine Forrest was previously a principal consultant with IQ Group; prior to that, she held roles at SunSuper, Equip, Suncorp and superannuation ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
A revival of industry fund outperformance could play a major role in ongoing policy debate that is splitting the superannuation industry into two distinct factions. New research from Rainmaker Information, released in the latest edition of the Rainmaker ...

Industry bodies clash over pension proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has branded "offensive" an Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) proposal to turn the Age Pension into a loan recoverable against the family home. In a pre-Budget submission the ...

$1m does not make you rich, Australians say

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
A fifth of those with a household income of $200,000 are living pay-cheque to pay-cheque and having $1 million does not make you rich. Those were two of the many striking perceptions to come out of a new survey from MLC aimed at providing advisers and ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
Permal Group chief executive Omar Kodmani believes the recent merger with EnTrust Capital means the firms will become a diversified alternatives platform, not just a multi-manager hedge fund shop. In his first interview since the merger announcement ...