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QIC equities head joins Silicon Valley firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
QIC's head of equities has left the group to join a Silicon Valley-based firm co-founded by a former QIC chief strategist. Rob Wood was head of equities at QIC from 2009 to 2015; prior to that, he was head of world equities at Suncorp. He has also held ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
Brazil unemployment The unemployment rate in Latin America's biggest economy jumped to 8.2% in February from 7.6% in the previous month. This is slightly higher than expectations for a rise to 8.1% but is the highest since May 2009. Hardly surprising ...

SMSFs winning over younger Australians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
SMSFs appear to be gaining more traction with younger people with the latest data from the ATO showing 43% of new SMSFs are established by members younger than 45, whilst 25% of new funds are set up by members older than 55 as they approach retirement. ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Companies continuing to cut their capital expenditure year-on-year to shore up cash flows primarily for dividend growth are not good candidates for income funds, according to one Australian equity house. At a Martin Currie Australia briefing in Sydney ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Market slide widens super performance gap

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
Recent lower listed market returns are highlighting the performance gap between retail and not-for-profit superannuation funds, according to Rainmaker research. In the month to 31 January, the Rainmaker SelectingSuper workplace default option MySuper ...

Clients asking planners for margin loans

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2016
Almost a third of planners (31%) who recommended a margin loan in 2015 said the loan was instigated by the client, according to new research by Investment Trends, up from 21% in 2014. In its eleventh year, the 2015 Margin Lending Planner Report is an ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
In case you missed it, finance and central bank head honchos of the Group of 20 (G-20) met over the weekend in Shanghai. But you may as well have (missed it, that is) for it was more of the same - promised-filled and action-short. In its communique ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Platinum Asset Management's increased spend on promotion and marketing has paid off with the firm seeing a steady rise in net inflows despite facing stiff competition in the global equity space. The half-year to 31 December saw positive net investment ...

EQT reveals slight profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Equity Trustees has released its interim 2016 results, revealing a slight 8.6% decline in net profit after tax to $7 million. Equity Trustees chairman Tony Killen attributed this to "a number of substantial one-off projects along with the amortisation ...