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SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... it's no surprise to see trustees wanting professional help in validating their investment strategies and portfolio construction," Peker said. In the past year 37% of SMSFs used a financial planner, according to the report. This was slight increase from ...

PROFILE: Qantas Super chief executive Michael Clancy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... begin making investment decisions. Between 1998 and 2004, Clancy was responsible for manager research and portfolio construction across MLC Asset Management, mainly tasked with MLC's range of multi-manager equity products. During this time he also moved ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... down from the first estimate's 2.2% rate. A rebound in the manufacturing sector was the main growth driver while the construction, services and wholesale & retail trade sector's slowed. Meanwhile, Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced ...

BUSSQ sees C-suite expansion

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... contributed a negative 2.3% return. BUSSQ has more than 90,000 members and is largely dedicated to Queensland's building, construction and civil industries.

Lonsec gives iRate an upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... advisers with significant improvements in features and functionality, allowing advisers to access enhanced portfolio construction and research and reporting tools to generate more in-depth analysis. Lonsec Research chief executive Matt Olsen said: "As ...

Stanford Brown hires former Philo Capital CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... Investment Managers and Pluton Holdings. Prior to Philo, he was chair of Centric Wealth's asset allocation and portfolio construction committee, chief executive at Investing 101, a co-founder of Tribeca Learning and has held other roles at ANZ, Mount ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... off to just one tenth that impact next year. To fund the package the Bank of Japan is expected to issue a range of construction and other longer term bonds types, commencing September. Oil, the bad news keeps coming Just as oil companies battle with ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... risen for six months. The value of residential building rose 0.1% while non-residential building rose 3.7%. Housing construction is a major leading indicator of economic activity and economists will be watching out for whether subdued dwelling approvals ...

Former Calastone MD launches fintech solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... advisers managing investments on clients' behalf. "Dealer groups currently use several different systems for portfolio construction, rebalancing, compliance and reporting administration. Many of the processes involve manual administration which takes ...

Economic wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
... booms have ended rather more dramatically - and badly for Australia. But the lift in the AUD has made the recovery in construction activity more difficult although record low interest rates have made the cost of borrowing relatively cheap. Nevertheless ...