Legg Mason hires further sales resource – National Business Development Manager joins

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Legg Mason, one of the world’s largest funds management groups with A$962 billion in funds under management globally, is expanding its sales presence in Australia with the appointment of Scott... Read more continue reading

Budgeting to save money will not make you wealthy

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Welcome to 2018. Another new year to set new goals, make New Year’s resolutions to change some bad habit you feel guilty about and to start saving more money! Right?... Read more continue reading

Channel Capital adds to distribution team as it strengthens its offering

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Byron Slessar has joined this month as Distribution Director responsible for building adviser and family office relationships for its specialist investment manager partners. Angela Dovitsas has joined as Head of... Read more continue reading

Zurich appoints Head of Savings and Investments

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Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) is pleased to announce the appointment of Matthew Drennan to the newly created executive role of Head of Savings and Investments within its Life and... Read more continue reading

Ardea’s Real Outcome Fund added to the BT Panorama, BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap platforms

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Fixed income specialist Ardea Investment Management’s Real Outcome Fund has been added to the BT Panorama, BT Wrap and BT SuperWrap platforms. This follows the Fund’s addition to the Netwealth... Read more continue reading

Former business growth manager of Fortnum Private Wealth moves to business coaching

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Phil Little joins Slipstream Coaching as the organisation’s business coach to high-performing financial planning firms throughout Australia. He joins with over 30 years of experience in financial services, including managing... Read more continue reading

HLB Sydney launches new insurance business

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HLB Mann Judd Sydney has launched a new business, HLB Insurance Services, to operate as part of its Wealth Management division. The new business has been formed through a joint... Read more continue reading

HUB24 platform FUA now at $7bn after strong 2nd quarter

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Quarterly business update Highlights: Strong quarterly net inflows[1]  for Q2FY18 of $554m and gross inflows of $771m. Funds under Administration (FUA) of $6.9b at 31 December 2017 and now $7.0bn... Read more continue reading

Insights – Hong Kong, Japan and USA

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The following is an overview of insights from a trip in September/October 2017 when Sarah Shaw, 4D Infrastructure’s Global Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer, and Christopher James, 4D’s Investment... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees appointed RE and Trustee to Sydney-based Supervised Investments Australia Limited

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Equity Trustees has been appointed the responsible entity (RE) and trustee for Sydney-based, fund manager Supervised Investments Australia Limited (SIAL). In December 2007, SIAL launched a small-cap equities fund, which... Read more continue reading