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Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is now taking nominations for its annual Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. In its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award recognises an individual who is excelling in the delivery ...

Tribeca announces new appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners has created a new role to co-manage the portfolio of its Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund. Joining Tribeca as the portfolio co-manager is Craig Evans. Based in Sydney, Evans will be responsible for building on the absolute ...

Retired mothers need financial help

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
The lengths Australians go to in order to financially support their parents in retirement has been detailed by an industry superannuation fund survey. Last month REST Industry Super spoke to 1052 Australians who were over 18 and providing financial ...

Mercer bolsters compliance offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Mercer has acquired a web-based compliance and risk management provider as a "logical move" that supports an already well-established business partnership. The global retirement and investment consultant announced yesterday it has purchased ExtraTextual ...

Women and Gen X happiest with advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Female investors and those aged under 45 are the most satisfied with their financial adviser, according the latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction index. The Lifeplan ICFS survey, undertaken every six months in partnership with the University ...

HFA appoints CFO

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
HFA, the Australian parent of US-based fund manager, Lighthouse Investment Partners, has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO) and company secretary, effective 9 May 2016. Henry Capra will take on the roles and has extensive experience in the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
ANZ job advertisements Total job advertisements in Australia declined by 0.8% in April following a 0.1% increase in the previous month. While the year-on-year growth rate in job ads remained at a positive 6.3%, it has slowed from 10.0% in March and ...

Foreign direct investors turning to Australia for growth

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Foreign investors are increasingly optimistic about Australia's economic future - 32% more so than last year. The A.T. Kearney Global Foreign Direct Investment report, based on a survey of "senior executives of the world's leading corporations" conducted ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
Investors must rethink their investment approach and look to the long term if they wish to achieve their target returns, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, AXA IM identified a number of evolutionary trends ...

InvestmentLink developing real-time compliance product

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
InvestmentLink has announced the development of a real-time compliance product that will provide financial advisers and dealer groups with immediate and ongoing compliance reporting. The product, Halcyon, will use InvestmentLink's data platform as well ...