STRATEGY
Funds management
Platinum Asset Management chief executive, Jeff Peters, has shared a progress update on its newly announced turnaround strategy....
Platforms & wraps
The investment platform has issued its first financial results update following the sale of its international business. ...
People & Products
Advisory business Frontier has hired Megan Mulia as its head of strategy, responsible for corporate strategy and driving growth for the firm as it sets its sight on Asian...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator’s chair, James Shipton has said that the watchdog would not look into AMP’s buyer of last resort arrangements unless there were further and better...
Financial planning
AMP Limited has outlined its $1 billion strategy remake entailing fewer, more productive advisers and different approach to buyer of last resort....
Funds management
BT Panorama has added the ARCO Absolute Return Fund to the platform, providing more advisers and clients with access to the manager’s 10-year track record....
Policy & Regulation
The new ombudsman vows to “proactively work with consumers, small business and the financial services sector to resolve and reduce financial disputes”....
Funds management
Pengana International Equities Limited (PIA) announces a half year profit of $12 million following new strategies and portfolio repositioning. ...
Financial planning
Financial services group, Countplus has made a key appointment to its board as it pursues its two-year expansion and turnaround strategy....
People & Products
KPMG has hired former head of group strategy and planning at Australian Super, Rohit Mendiretta, to lead the firm’s asset and wealth management strategy team....
Superannuation
Milliman has released research to analyse the future state of the retirement income market across the Asia-Pacific region....
People & Products
Northern Trust has appointed Sarah Boddey as the chief diversity officer for Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific....
Knowledge Centre
Recent times have been challenging for value investors globally, as momentum and the chase for yield have dominated winning investment strategies. Is it time for the mar...
Funds management
Legg Mason has made three moves to help their ETFs, hedge funds, and real estate game....
Funds management
Advisers need to rethink their traditional “index-hugging” approach to defensive allocations in the current climate of uncertainty, Western Asset believe....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...