BT Financial Group (BTFG) has recently launched a new website for advisers, bringing together in one place its complete practice management offer which advisers require for their day-to-day roles. Known as BT Adviser Services or BTAS, this easy-to-use portal designed with adviser input provides a gateway to technical information and advice. Already the new website [...]
continue readingAccording to the latest data from the Bendigo Bank/REIA Real Estate Market Facts report prepared by the Real Estate Institute of Australia, there has been a slight dip in the median house price across Australian capital cities for the March 2013 quarter. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s Executive Retail, Dennis Bice, said “Despite the March [...]
continue readingThe growing investor demand for financial products that differentiate financial planning businesses and creates value for clients is driving an alliance between the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Instreet Investment, a niche manufacturer of these products. Instreet will issue a specifically tailored structured product for Personal Choice Management (PCM) which provides investment [...]
continue readingTyndall AM has further strengthened its already significant fixed income team with the appointment of James Alexander to the newly created role of deputy head of fixed income. Mr Alexander will report to Roger Bridges, Tyndall’s long-standing head of fixed income. In the new role, Mr Alexander will assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of [...]
continue readingListed financial services company Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has appointed Paul Kasian as head of Australian equities, reporting to chief investment officer George Boubouras. Dr Kasian has over 25 years financial services experience in asset management and senior executive roles, and joins EQT from Accordius where he was executive director and chief investment officer. [...]
continue readingVanguard has announced reductions to buy and sell spreads across 21 wholesale and retail fund offerings reflecting changing conditions in various markets, greater liquidity in the domestic bond market, reduced volatility in global fixed income markets and improved efficiencies in trade execution. Buy and sell spreads are necessary to recover the costs of transactional activity from [...]
continue readingAMP Horizons has won an international training and development award for its Career Changer Program. The American Society for Training & Development (ASTD) has awarded the AMP Horizons Career Changer Program the 2012 Excellence in Practice Award in the category of Career Development. ASTD is the world’s largest professional association for training and development. [...]
continue readingTyndall AM’s flagship Australian equities fund, the Tyndall Australian Share Wholesale Portfolio is celebrating its 18th birthday, one of the few Australian equity funds to reach this milestone. Mike Davis, managing director of Tyndall, said that the fund has operated through many different market cycles and continues to deliver attractive returns for investors using the [...]
continue readingThe Defence Bank has joined forces with Western Union Business Solutions to offer both Australian and overseas service men and women serving in Australia access to international funds transfer via Internet banking. The new service, which will be launched in June, closely follows the bank’s introduction of Australia’s first video banking call centre earlier this [...]
continue readingBlackRock Australia has released the findings of its diversity investigation of ASX 200 companies. The following highlights some of the key discoveries, ascertained in the review process of the 2013 annual reports and in talking to the C-suite of these companies. The 2013 BlackRock report Glacial Change in Diversity at ASX 200 Companies – Can [...]
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