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CheckRisk opens in Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... operating officer. Carroll said CheckRisk doesn't provide investment advice or manage money and so is ideally placed to focus solely on risk assessments using techniques it has developed through its experience in alternative markets and in conjunction ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
Emerging markets fund manager Esemplia last week visited Australian clients to outline its new approach. Esemplia principal Steve Triantafilidis told Financial Standard their recent investment performance saw some of the manager's pension fund clients ...

XPLAN best planning software in 2012

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... analysis of the eight fully featured planning applications most frequently used by Australian financial advisers. Specific focus on client engagement, scaled advice, mobile and tablet technology, and the requirements under FoFA has made the functional ...

NAB Asset Servicing awarded new contracts

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
National Australia Bank's Asset Servicing business has been awarded the contracts to provide custodial and administrative services to investment manager Atrium Investment Management, and custodial services to Fitzpatricks Private Wealth. The win comes ...

Advisers expect greater focus on efficiency after FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... The single biggest outcome financial advisers expect to see from the Future of Financial Advice reforms is an increased focus on efficiency and greater use of technology, according to a survey commissioned by Zurich Australia. The telephone survey of ...

Australia CEO axed in Russell restructure

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... both clients and staff yesterday, Russell Investments' global boss Len Brennan said that the changes allow the company to focus more on "outcome-oriented multi-asset solutions worldwide." "There is a clear need for innovative market offerings in the ...

Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... 15.4%, Colonial FirstChoice with 15.2%, REST with 14.1%, and tied on fifth place with 13.9% were Mercer, Perpetual Wealth Focus and HostPlus. The top five public offer Retirement funds by balanced options over the 12 months were ANZ OneAnswer with 16.6% ...

Advisers head to Gold Coast for social media conference

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... Starting Sunday 3 February, the Adviser Edge conference will put forward the sharpest innovations in financial advice, with a focus on using brining the financial and professional services industries up to speed on what technology can do to better build ...

Planners revise down growth expectations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
Financial planners have revised down their capital growth expectations for the year ahead as on-going volatility sees clients holding increasingly high levels of excess cash, according to a recently published Investor Trends report. The 2012 Adviser ...

RBF shakes up fund with two new mandates

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Tasmania's public sector superannuation fund, Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has mandated two new fund managers following an extensive restructure of its $1.1 billion Australian equities portfolio. The new structure has made it possible for the fund ...