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Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Blue Sky Alternative Investments sold its stake in Australia's largest online pet food and accessory supplier. The company invested in Pet Circle, owned by Millell, in 2013. Over that period, Blue Sky said Pet Circle achieved a "four times increase ...

Asia driving infrastructure deal activity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Asia recorded US$131 billion in infrastructure asset deals in 2016, the highest of any region. Preqin research found the total value of infrastructure deals in 2016 reached an all-time high of US$413 billion, with Asia driving the majority of deal value. ...

Rejected TPD claims deemed fair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
An independent review of 141 rejected TPD claims has cleared BT Financial Group of any wrongdoing. The review, conducted by an independent law firm with oversight from EY, confirmed that none of the 141 Total and Permanent Disability claims made over ...

Property not the answer for passive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
Passive investors would benefit from reducing their exposure to property and low-growth large-caps. That is the central point of a new white paper published by Montgomery Investment Management warning investors in property and stocks of the looming ...

2017 set for private equity buyout record

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
It is early days but 2017 is set to become a record year for private equity-backed buyout deals, according to Preqin research. The research found that in 2016 there were 3985 deals recorded, representing a total value of US$319 billion. Preqin said ...

Advisers must be tribal: Stackpool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
Australia is facing a rising financial epidemic and advisers must do more to help combat it. Certainty Advice Group managing director and founder Jim Stackpool believes Australians are suffering with growing insecurities around their finances and advisers ...

Advice from abroad

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
An expat, a father and lover of all things social, Brett Evans is not your average financial adviser. From an early age Evans knew finance was the right place for him and flourished in the uncertainty and challenge of each day. "I love the industry ...

Defining DB for advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2017
... around non-account based pensions leading queries to the BT Advice Technical team. According to BT's technical consultant Tim Howard, the team saw a growing interest in the area throughout the December quarter. "As defined benefit pensions generally ...

Guest of honour

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The Commonwealth Bank asked Barry Lambert to stay on as chair of Count Financial for two years following the bank's acquisition - he asked them for two years and two months. Confused, the bank asked him why. He told them, "If I stay on until January ...

Hunter Hall ethical mantle in doubt as CIO resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
The majority shareholder in one of Australia's largest coal companies has taken stewardship of Hunter Hall's ethical Global Value fund following the resignation of Hunter Hall's chief investment officer. Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company (WHSP) ...