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NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Industry super fund NGS Super has awarded a $300 million mandate to an Australian global equities manager. Independently owned Bell Asset Management has been awarded the $300 million global equity mandate and will work closely with NGS to manage the ...

LICG successful in triggering AFA EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has confirmed it has received the minimum number of member submissions required under the Corporations Act to propose an amendment to its constitution via an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). Spearheaded ...

HUB24 partners for new white label offering

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
HUB24 has partnered with a licensee to create a new bespoke platform and managed portfolio offering. Beacon Financial Group selected HUB24 to create this new service to be distributed to its over-200 authorised representatives, collectively managing ...

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Listed investment company Hunter Hall Global Value delivered an investment portfolio return of 12.3% last financial year, outperforming MSCI World by 11.9%. The LIC also produced an after tax profit of $30.5 million. Hunter Hall Global Value chairman ...

Millennials face gender inequality shock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Globally the number of females represented on financial services boards continues to grow, but a stagnancy at the executive level is disenfranchising millennials as they get to grips with a workplace stuck in its gendered past. Oliver Wyman's 2016 Women ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
Australia employment It was good, but not as good as the headline numbers suggests. Australian businesses hired an additional 26,200 workers in July - more than market expectations for an increase of 10,000 and the biggest monthly rise since the "questionable" ...

Wilson Group's new MD begins role

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Wilson Group has appointed a new managing director. Following the resignation of Alexander Grant from the board, Pinnacle Investment Management managing director Ian Macoun has become Wilson Group's new managing director. Wilson Group owns a roughly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Australia leading index The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Leading Index of Economic Activity inched up by 0.1% in July, partially reversing the previous month's 0.2% fall. More important, the six-month annualised growth rate in the index - indicating ...

Investors missing healthy returns amid bond fears

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
The fear of negative interest rates keeping retail investors out of bond markets isn't just overlooking the defensive role of the asset class within portfolios, it's also leaving a surprisingly healthy return on the table. That's an argument put forward ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
Australia sales of new motor vehicles Total new car sales decreased by 1.3% to 98,062 units in July following a 3.5% increase in the previous month driven by a 5.2% drop in passenger vehicles that negated increases in sales of sports utility vehicles ...