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Lonsec gives iRate an upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
Lonsec research has launched an upgraded version of its iRate platform, providing financial advisers with a new selection of tools and capabilities to aid their investment analysis. The new iRate platform is designed to provide advisers with significant ...

ISPT increases stake in Brisbane mall

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) has proposed to acquire a further 25% stake in The Myer Centre in Brisbane from its joint partner Vicinity Centres. The Myer Centre is currently held as a 50:50 joint venture and the ISPT proposal would ...

US resistance to DOL fiduciary rule gathers pace

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
Momentum is building against the US Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed fiduciary rule for retirement advisers with House Speaker Paul Ryan now joining the critics. The DOL has been working on expanding the fiduciary obligation since the GFC when millions ...

Drown baby, drown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2016
Where have all the buyers gone? Two weeks into the new year and they're still MIA. Given recent events, they appear to be drowning - drowning in a sea of oil, that is....and there'll be more gushing out of the grounds soon, out of Iran as Friday's speculations ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
It's well-known that demographic changes will shape investment opportunities and challenges in the future; what's less understood is where the main sources of population growth will arise. A new report by RBC Capital Markets considers the impact of ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Happy New Year to all you gentle readers!... and it looks like we'd be needing more well-wishes of "A Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time ...

Oil slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
No more quotas. No more targets. No more ceilings. This was OPEC's (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) decision at their meeting in Vienna last Friday - the decision that sent oil prices down to 6-year lows. WTI oil dropped by 5.8% to US$37.65 ...

Lonsec Research appoints new CEO

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
Lonsec Research has appointed a new chief executive following the departure of David Erdonmez in June. Joining the research house is former Energy Industries Super Scheme chief investment officer Matt Olsen. The appointment is effective immediately. ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! Noi, noi, noi!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Another Monday, another sell, sell day. This time the media - social or otherwise - are calling the sharp drop in the Australian equities market yesterday a "Horror Monday". It wasn't as bloody as that "Bloody Monday", 24 August, when the benchmark ...

Northern Trust appoints APAC head of investments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Northern Trust has appointed a head of investment risk and analytical services for the Asia Pacific region. Simon Willcox will be based in Singapore and will lead the delivery of technology, reporting and consulting services for institutional investors ...