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LGS appoints new property portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Scott Armstrong as its new Property Portfolio Manager. Armstrong replaces Andrew Kim, who left the fund in September to become head of asset management at Rockwell Capital Partners. Armstrong will be responsible ...

Australian Ethical named best international equities fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Australian Ethical has been named the Best International Equities fund by the Australian Fund Manager Foundation. Australian Ethical beat finalists Perennial and Platinum, becoming the first ethical investment specialist to win the award. The fund returned ...

CFS adds annuities to platforms

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
Challenger and CommInsure annuities will soon be available on Colonial First State's retail platforms FirstChoice and FirstWrap. The annuity products will be added to the two platforms in mid-2015. It will be the first time an annuity product is made ...

Climate induced GFC a 'very real' risk: Hewson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Former Liberal leader John Hewson has said that over-investment by banks and pension funds in carbon-exposed industries could lead to a global financial crisis that dwarfs the 2008 crash. Hewson was speaking in his capacity as chairman of the Asset ...

Australia's pension system second best in the world

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Australia's pension system is the second best in the world, according to the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index. With a score of 79.9%, Australia outperformed the Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland and Sweden in the index, and was just behind Denmark ...

BT launches 'ground-breaking' advice register

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
BT Financial Group has launched an online advice register listing every adviser on its network, and providing details of their qualifications, customer ratings and feedback. Dubbed 'Adviser View' and described by BT's general manager of advice Mark ...

CBA receives 4200 requests for advice review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Approximately 4,200 customers of Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) and Financial Wisdom have applied to have advice they received reviewed by the Commonwealth Bank's (CBA's) Open Advice Review program. This figure represents around 1% of customers ...

Countplus CEO to depart

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Countplus chief executive and managing director Michael Spurr has announced he will step down at the completion of his current contract after four years in the role. Spurr will remain in his co-role as chief financial officer for up to 12 months to ...

AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... directors are Jeff Thurecht (NSW), Chris Browne (Victoria), Dianne Charman (Queensland), David Slovenic (Southern Australia), James Ford (Western Australia) and Matthew Hawkins (Tasmania). Every director on the AFA Board is required to be a practising ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...