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Global manager begins alternative risk premia push

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
A $638 billion (US$504bn) global asset manager is adding alternative risk premia capabilities across its entire multi-asset portfolio and has made several hires in the process. Following Nico Marais joining Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) in 2017 ...

Premium China creates chief executive role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The former chief executive of Premium Wealth Management and head of advice at Australian Unity will lead Premium China Funds Management. In a newly-created role for the fund manager, Paul Harding-Davis has been appointed as chief executive. He is charged ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Say what? That'll be any rational investor's reaction when you tell him about Wall Street's overnight rally at the same time that the things that scared the bejesus out of them - rising inflation - in early February proved even worse than they expected. ...

Intergenerational wealth transfer at tipping point: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Protecting and transferring wealth between generations is prompting financial planners to provide more holistic solutions, a senior financial adviser warns. Australian Wealth Solutions principal Sam Zervides says financial advisers shouldn't dismiss ...

Reskilling: A worthy purpose for super?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
A leading academic is calling for early access to superannuation for the purposes of education and retraining, especially as the risk of losing one's job to automation grows. Speaking at the opening session of the SMSF Association's 2018 National Conference ...

SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The SMSF Association will welcome a new chairperson at the close of its 2018 National Conference. Replacing former Count Financial managing director Andrew Gale, Professor Deborah Ralston will assume the position. Ralston joined the SMSFA board in July ...

Gesundheit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
"When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold." The heightened volatility in the week of 5-9 February 2018 took down the S&P 500 index and the DJIA by 5.2% each. Spooky perhaps, but still a decent outcome especially when the 2018 to ...

Royal Commission seeks further disclosure over financial misconduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne had to repeatedly ask some of Australia's largest financial services businesses to properly explain the nature, extent and effect of any misconduct over the past five to 10 years. Overseeing the Royal Commission into the Misconduct ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
The Future Fund's former debt and alternatives manager has taken on a new role with Fidante Partners. John O'Keeffe joins Fidante as head of boutique strategy and business management. In a statement, Fidante said O'Keeffe will help determine the "strategic ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
Investment professionals believe there is a need to better control the risks associated with dynamic equity factor investing, according to latest EDHEC-Risk Institute and ERI Scientific Beta research. Between June and September 2017, more than 110 global ...