Morningstar Australian Superannuation Survey – February 2013

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Morningstar has published results of the Morningstar® Australian Superannuation Survey, providing comprehensive coverage of the performance of Australian-offered retirement savings vehicles to 31 January 2013. The Survey includes both commercial for-profit... Read more continue reading

Reallocation of cash to direct property expected in 2013

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  Charter Hall is expecting improved equity inflows from retail investors as cash and term deposits are reallocated toward higher income yielding investments such as direct property in 2013. Direct... Read more continue reading

Rubik targets scaled advice market

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Rubik Financial Limited, the ASX-listed global provider of financial technology and software, has announced the expansion of its product suite in the growing scaled advice market with the conditional agreement... Read more continue reading

AFA consulting with advice profession to provide better outcomes

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has been working with key advice profession stakeholders to achieve a more workable approach to the new Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) Code of... Read more continue reading

Australia’s senior finance women call for focus on merit, not quotas

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A new industry organisation aimed at senior women in financial services has claimed that quotas are unnecessary when it comes to ensuring women reach their full career potential. Additionally, the... Read more continue reading

Threadneedle confirms date of CEO succession

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Leading international investment manager Threadneedle Investments has confirmed that, effective 1 March 2013, Campbell Fleming will become Chief Executive Officer and Crispin Henderson will become Vice Chairman of Global Asset... Read more continue reading

AXA IM launches new ESG framework

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In response to global client demand, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a new framework for analysing countries according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria and reveals two... Read more continue reading

AMP Capital adds to its global property portfolio

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AMP Capital’s Global Direct Property Fund (GDPF) has purchased a core office building in Tampa, Florida for US$32 million as well as an adjacent land site for US$2.5 million.  This... Read more continue reading

Financial services gets their motors running for charity

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Financial Services has generally gone through some tumultuous times post the GFC but the would be bikers in our industry are still getting into their leathers and raising money for... Read more continue reading

Zenith: 2013 Australian Small Companies sector review

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Small cap managers with an approved or above rating from Zenith Investment Partners returned an average 20.6% in the 2012 calendar year, according to the research house’s Small Companies sector... Read more continue reading