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Countplus sells back stake in advice firms

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... Bank-owned Countplus has sold its stake in two advice firms to management and senior employees. Employees and principals of Gold Coast firm MBA Partnership have bought back Countplus' 40% interest in the business. A 30% stake of Melbourne-based business ...

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... is, Wills says, "when you end up having an interesting conversation with the client in which you explain why you think the gold post is unobtainable." Read the rest of this article in the latest edition of Financial Standard. Download it for your device ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
The Reserve Bank's two-pronged monetary easing measures look to have come to an end but our central bankers will remain watchful of the currency, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager ...

State Street boosts managed fund sales team

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has grown its managed fund sales team in Sydney with the appointment of two experienced sales managers. Syvanna Croyden and Amanda Conner will be responsible for in-field sales, reporting to head of managed fund sales ...

Five minutes of commodity sunshine?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... prospect of more stimuli that would stimulate the economy of one of the biggest consumers of commodities sent commodity prices - gold, oil, copper, nickel, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, wheat, corn, cotton and cattle, to name a few - scrambling on the ...

BlackRock likes Japan, Europe

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... overweight in healthcare, favours equities over fixed income and cash, and does not to use ETFs often - maybe to get access to gold - "but by and large we will rely on individual security selection."

FSC awards industry execs

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... for their contributions to the industry at the conference gala dinner, which took place last night at Movie World, on the Gold Coast. The eight winners were Perpetual senior risk manager Alan Lewitton, AMP's Janet Beale, MLC Stronger Super development ...

MySuper fee savings can be doubled

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... with most of those savings coming from the retail sector," he said at the Financial Services Council (FSC) Conference in the Gold Coast. Benefits did arise from scale with larger funds exhibiting lower fees. However, there is a significant reduction ...

FSC calls for 12% super by 2022

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... bipartisan commitment to 12% superannuation contributions by 2022 in her keynote speech to the FSC Annual Conference on the Gold Coast. "With average balances still low - at $70,000 for women and $110,000 for men a^\' and compulsory contribution rates ...

Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... new entrants to the market. The research was launched during the Financial Services Council (FSC) Annual Conference in the Gold Coast. Generally speaking, managers are reshaping their product mix and see innovation as the primary route to growth. Two ...