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Mine Wealth + Wellbeing partners admin newcomer

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Mine Wealth + Wellbeing is changing its administration systems provider to Recreo Financial, a small fintech company with its early experience in the SMSF market. The deal sees the$9.5 billion mining industry super fund taking a minority stake in Recreo. ...

Nikko returns global equities to overweight stance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... positive ramifications for global equities, with the US rising mildly but the other regions posting substantial gains," said John F. Vail, chief global strategist and head of the GIC. "We forecast that global equities will continue to rise, especially ...

SMSF capability added to BT Panorama

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... ability to upload external assets onto the platform for a whole of fund view. BT general manager, platforms and operations John Shuttleworth said the platform will help with what advisers already know; there is no such thing as a "typical" client and ...

Two IPAC advisers join independent firm

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... best interest advice is what attracted me to make the move to Fitzpatricks," Boughton said. Fitzpatricks chief executive John Woodley said, "The leadership team is thrilled to continue to offer a mutually complementary home to excellent advisers of the ...

SMSF auditor disqualified

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... application with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of ASIC's disqualification decision. ASIC Commissioner John Price said as the SMSF sector continues to grow in popularity with Australian investors it is critical that approved SMSF auditors ...

ACCI supports closing tax breaks on high balances

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... reliance on public pensions and allow for broader tax relief. Australian Chamber director of economics and industry policy, John Osborn, described Australia's superannuation system as the "envy of the world." "We need to keep all ideas on the table ...

AMP Capital appoints account management head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
... we're delivering the best outcomes for our clients." Beck will work closely with the company's head of institutional business John Meagher and head of retail business Manny Damianakis.

Market Vectors QUAL ETF added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
The Market Vectors MSCI World ex Australia Quality exchange traded fund (QUAL) has been added to the BT SuperWrap and Asgard Super platforms. In its first year, QUAL has returned 35.81% (after fees) to 29 October 2015, outperforming the standard international ...

Senior fund manager leaves AMP Capital for Ausbil

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... be part of the portfolio construction committee along with chief executive officer and head of equities, Paul Xiradis, and John Grace, co-head of equities. Pandit was most recently senior portfolio manager and co-head of fundamental equities at AMP Capital. ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... negative returns in most Australian equities and international equities sector products," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "In the past two months the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index lost 10.7% while the MSCI All Countries World ...