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Veteran Nikko strategist retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
A Nikko Asset Management strategist who joined the firm in 1998 will resign at the end of February. Roger Bridges was originally a senior portfolio manager at Tyndall Investment Management, having been a senior dealer at CBA before that. Tyndall was ...

Offline Australian retail sales

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The 0.2% increase in domestic retail spending in November wasn't in line with market expectations for a 0.4% gain that's for sure. This slowed the annual growth rate in retail spending to 3.3% from 3.5% in October. But I wonder whether Australians' ...

Aussie advice firm sold to US risk manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
Brisbane-based wealth management consultancy Complete Financial Balance is being acquired by the Australian arm of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. The transaction marks a continued Australian expansion for the US-owned AJG. The firm acquired Perth-based workplace ...

Federal Court dismisses ASIC allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Federal Court dismissed ASIC's allegations in regards to a breach of directorial duties at an investment management company which collapsed in 2013. ASIC originally said that Peter Charles Drake, Francene Maree Mulder and Eghard van der Hoven, directors ...

Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
ASIC and other international regulators are coming to grips with the difficulties of monitoring robo-advice solutions and tools. The latest International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) report on its Automated Advice Tools Survey finds ...

Centrepoint sells funding business for $20m

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
Centrepoint Alliance sold its Premium Funding business following a strategic review. The business has been sold to the Finance subsidiary of the Bank of Queensland for a total consideration of $20 million. BOQ said the business was appealing due to ...

Kapstream welcomes new portfolio manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Challenger's head of fixed income is joining Janus Capital subsidiary Kapstream as a portfolio manager and head of direct lending. After about 12 years in his role at Challenger, Bob Sahota is moving to Kapstream and will contribute to broad macroeconomic ...

CFSGAM names new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... State Global Asset Management has appointed a new director, infrastructure investments. Daniel Timms joins CFSGAM from Origin Energy, where he has held a number of executive roles across strategy, business development and major projects in Australia ...

CFS introduces same day RoA functionality

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
Colonial First State has introduced a new same day Record of Advice (RoA) generation functionality to FirstNet Adviser, allowing advisers to generate an RoA in as little as 30 minutes. The added functionality comes six months after CFS first launched ...

Reversionary pension and CGT changes supported

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
The Federal Government's changes to the counting of reversionary pensions in the $1.6 million superannuation transfer balance cap have been welcomed across the industry. A 12-month grace period is now proposed before reversionary pensions are counted ...