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PIS expands management expertise

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Dealer group, Professional Investment Services(PIS) has expanded its management team with the appointment of three executive managers. Peter Walther CEO said the continued attraction of high calibre people to the executive team reflected the enormous ...

New after-tax system for Qantas Super

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2012
Qantas Super will change how it manages equities with an after-tax reporting system for managers developed with Seattle-based firm Parametric. Chief investment officer Andrew Spence said the new system was the latest step in a range of solutions aimed ...

Litigation risk to force advisers into multi-asset options: Russell

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Scott Fletcher, director of client investment strategies at Russell, believes the threat of being liable for misdirected investment advice will see many planners, especially those specialising in life risk and other non-investment products, turn to ...

New MD for Plum Financial Services

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
Lara Bourguignon has been appointed Managing Director of Plum Financial Services. Plum, which is part of National Australia Bank's wealth division, is a corporate superannuation provider. It has around $14 billion in committed funds. Bourguignon will ...

ME Bank appoints new directors

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
ME Bank shareholders have appointed Christine Christian and Justin Milne to the ME Bank Board, at the bank's Annual General Meeting in Melbourne on 1 November. Christine Christian is well versed in credit risk management and has served in senior executive ...

Quality could replace China volume-play

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
While China is regarded as the global powerhouse for manufacturing, demand for exports has declined in recent years, caused partly by economic slow downs and rising labour costs worldwide. While the volume story might be slowly winding down, companies ...

Russell ups risk in equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
Russell Investments has dumped five defensive stocks in its latest rebalance of its value index, anticipating growth in riskier assets. Russell reconstitutes the weightings to stocks in its Russell Australia High Value and Australia High Dividend indices ...

Aussie shares to rally within a year: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
A sustainable turnaround in the Australian share market is predicted within the next 12 months, according to a Russell Investments research report. Russell's Investment Manager Outlook (IMO) survey, which was released this morning, collected the opinions ...

Paragem signs ex-Securitor practice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
Independent Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) provider Paragem has signed Ford + Scott Financial Planning Pty Ltd, after the Tasmanian-based business resigned from Westpac's Securitor AFSL. "We've enjoyed a long and successful relationship ...

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has named the five finalists in the 2012 Rising Star of the Year Award. The Award is particularly about finding, showcasing and celebrating talent in advisers who are at the start of their careers and who have made ...