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Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... of risk in traditional portfolios came from equities. He said for managed funds, most people's money is invested in mainstream "benchmark aware" strategies or strategies that are also heavily weighted to the ASX top 20 or top 50. A quick glance at fund ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... of Australia's economy being run in concert by the closed network of executive government, big business, banks and mainstream media, it is now clear we have a fifth estate - institutional investors. Governments and business leaders are learning that ...

Findex acquires private wealth firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... on the acquisition, saying that "MGA have been one of the pioneers in offering a complete family office service to mainstream clients, rather than just the very wealthy, focusing on SMEs, private clients and family-owned businesses." "The approach of ...

Advice industry faces insurance quandary

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... combination of revenue and specific products offered by an adviser, providing a wide range of services (or specialist, less 'mainstream' investment advice) can become very expensive for independent practices. My Dealer Services business manager Alex ...

Blue Sky reports $2.6 million profit

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... infrastructure, private real estate and real assets are increasing," Sowerby said. "Alternative assets are becoming mainstream and we are uniquely positioned in the Australian investment community to participate in this trend."

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... financial advice organisations or industry super funds. By February, the debate became so heated that it made its way into mainstream media, bringing financial advice under the spotlight. In March, Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos was forced to step ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... signatories were either private investors or investment professionals from the ethical investment sector. Very few large, mainstream superannuation funds or fund managers signed.

Research group launches adviser rating app

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... clients. Members will need to have a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 50 of more, which would equal to an 'excellent' rating. Mainstream brands tend to rate a lot lower than that, with Optus achieving an NPS of minus 8, Telstra minus 13 and commercial airlines' ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... ethical fixed interest assets can - for the first time - have access to a managed fund that aims to match or better the mainstream index via Australian Ethical's Fixed Interest Trust (AEFI Trust)," Australian Ethical chief investment officer David Macri ...

Finding alpha in ESG

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
... houses lose momentum in this field. "It may be that some broking houses have ESG considerations firmly embedded in their mainstream research process and therefore these have not qualified as ESG research pieces or it may signal a lack of commitment to ...