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The president is a Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... that was an 'office' and it was aired 'publicly'. The pollsters (and their dogs) told us so. It's Clinton for the win. Never mind that they got it spectacularly wrong in the May 2015 UK elections and Brexit. And again, they did...spectacularly! Prevail ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... focusing on debt denominated in hard currency, locally denominated currency could yield greater returns. "You must keep in mind that it is very difficult to make money buying an asset that everyone already owns. Data shows that local currency is deeply ...

ANZ wealth sale marks end of an advice era

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
ANZ's potential sale of its wealth business will send ripples through the succession plans of many advice businesses now that banks can no longer be considered a "buyer of last resort." During a media briefing discussing the bank's full-year results ...

Morningstar multi-asset funds recommended

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
Morningstar Investment Management's suite of multi-asset real return funds have received a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith Investment Partners. The real return funds are objective based multi-asset offerings that invest across a wide range of asset ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
Despite significant inroads made to reduce gender inequality in the financial advice industry there are still changes needed to evict the elephant in the room. Following a recent industry conference, financial adviser at Thompson Financial Services ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... rebalancing could come faster." And that's a big if when it comes to OPEC and sticking to target. There's also that back of the mind question of the US shale gas producers - the ones OPEC's trying to burn to the ground. When prices increase enough to ...

Securitor names adviser of the year

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Securitor celebrated its outstanding advisers and practices by revealing its national Adviser of the Year at a recent gala dinner. Heidi Schwegler was awarded the 2016 National Adviser of the Year, David Simon the National Rising Star of the Year and ...

Global investment landscape needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Fund manager Capital Group says the new global marketplace created by increasing media products and their distribution channels means investors need to rethink the underlying makeup of companies. Capital Group investment director Andy Budden told a ...

Statewide Super partners on digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... with one of our advisers," D'Allessandro said. According to Decimal, Statewide is exactly the type of organisation it had in mind when developing Eqilize. "Statewide Super is similar to many providers that understand the benefits digital advice provides ...

Advisers must be aware of cognitive nuances

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... floors are all creaky," Mitchell said. "What this leads us to is the importance of trying to understand not just how the human mind works but the ways in which it can fail in every day life." Mitchell highlighted one of the key problems with the human ...