EQT appoints Mercer as asset consultant

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Listed financial services company Equity Trustees Limited (EQT) has appointed Mercer as asset consultant for both its retail and institutional businesses. EQT made the decision to partner with an external... Read more continue reading

90 West Appoints New Senior Investment Analyst

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Daniel Sullivan joined the business in May as a senior investment analyst to the 90 West Global Natural Resources Fund. Daniel has gained extensive experience across global equities with three... Read more continue reading

Speed of $A fall surprises, says manager

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The fall in the $A is not surprising over the previous six months however the speed of the correction was somewhat surprising, a leading fund manager says. Pengana Capital emerging... Read more continue reading

TAL Life’s Jim Minto appointed to global parent executive

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Top 10 global life insurance company The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd, has appointed the head of its Australian business, TAL Life Insurance Group CEO and Managing Director Jim Minto,... Read more continue reading

Russell boosts actuarial consulting strength

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Russell Investments today announced three new appointments within its actuarial consulting team including the promotion of Louise Campbell to Director and Head of Actuarial, and two new hires Bill Buttler,... Read more continue reading

Fidelity: Thoughts on the Fed’s QE exit

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We have known for some time that Ben Bernanke has worried about the build-up of risks stemming from investors’ reach for yield which has ultimately stemmed from the Fed’s highly... Read more continue reading

Eureka Financial Group expands into Eureka Whittaker Macnaught

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Eureka Financial Group (Eureka) will more than double in size following their successful acquisition of assets from the highly-respected Queensland financial planning group Whittaker Macnaught.  As one of the biggest... Read more continue reading

ASIC consults on enhancements to training standards

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ASIC yesterday released a consultation paper proposing enhancements to the training standards for people who provide financial product advice. Consultation Paper 212 Licensing: Training of financial product advisers – Updates to... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle June economic and market update from CIO Mark Burgess

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Investors are currently more focused than ever on the US economy.  This follows comments from the Federal Reserve indicating that signs of the recovery gathering momentum would lead them to... Read more continue reading

Curve Securities grows team to increase adviser focus

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Independently owned fixed income intermediary, Curve Securities, has further increased its focus on advisers, with the appointment of Shane Heard to the role of Director TD Gateway – Advisor Relations.... Read more continue reading