Mr Peter Hawkins to join Crestone Board

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The Board of Directors of the Crestone Wealth Management group (Crestone), yesterday announced the appointment of Peter Hawkins as an independent director. A distinguished banking and financial services director, Mr... Read more continue reading

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

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easyMarkets, the premium-service global markets brokerage, have announced the appointment of Daniel Byrne to the role of Managing Director, APAC. Previously Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific, Daniel replaces Robert... Read more continue reading

Synchron NextGen Conference at capacity

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Almost two months out from Synchron’s annual NextGen conference and the event for young advisers and sales executives is already at capacity. “We have a total of 64 places for NextGen advisers... Read more continue reading

Zurich Investments’ Australian Property Securities Fund receives ratings ‘trifecta’ from research houses

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Zurich Investments Australian Property Securities Fund (the Fund) has maintained its “Highly Recommended” rating from research houses Lonsec and Zenith in their 2017 reviews. This follows the Fund also being... Read more continue reading

Townsends Law response to the Opposition’s comments on discretionary trusts

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To say businesses or families are using family trusts in order to evade tax is absolute nonsense. Overwhelmingly, they use trusts for two main reasons, firstly, for legitimate asset protection.... Read more continue reading

Australian responsible investments outperforming mainstream investments: New report

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Responsible investment funds are outperforming their average mainstream counterparts year on year, as the market for responsible investment continues to grow in Australia, the latest Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2017... Read more continue reading

Equity Trustees gets Operator role with Sydney start-up uXchange

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Equity Trustees has been appointed the Operator for uXchange, a Sydney-based fintech that will provide a low-cost alternative to investors to access and integrate unlisted and global assets in their... Read more continue reading

Appointment of Michael Blayney as Head of Multi Asset Investments

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BT Investment Management Limited (BTIM) has announced the appointment of Michael Blayney to the newly created role of Head of Multi Asset Investments. Mr Bargholz commented: “Michael has a strong track... Read more continue reading

Market looks to company reporting season as valuations remain high

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Portfolio Performance The Australian market has risen strongly over the past twelve months as investors embraced a more positive outlook for global growth. In particular this led to rising commodity... Read more continue reading

AMP reduces and simplifies MyNorth fees for individuals and families

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AMP is introducing lower fee caps and a simplified fee structure for its market-leading investment wrap platform, MyNorth. The changes, which take effect from 12 August 2017, will reduce costs... Read more continue reading