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DomaCom appoints new Responsible Entity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... property, particularly given the tax efficiencies of doing so," DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said. "The vast majority of property investors use leverage to improve the growth returns from their investment and we expect this development will ...

Asset managers tested, remain optimistic: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
Following years of high profit margins and revenues rising parallel to AUM growth, majority of asset managers remain undeterred about the radical changes sweeping the industry, latest research shows. About 78% of global asset managers canvassed in State ...

Succession planning ensures quality customer service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... they in turn determine the financial success or failure of the planning practice," Taggart said. He added that in the majority of practices the planner will retire long before many clients, highlighting the need for exit succession and a seamless transition ...

Less than half pass CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... 2720 CFA members with average age of 38.36-years-old, working in the industry for 14.4 years. In terms of gender, the majority (83%) of CFA members are male. Data from the CFA Institute also shows the four major banks and Macquarie Group to be the top ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... in succession planning - only 13% have written plans in place, while 19.4% have no plan at all. The PwC report noted a majority (70%) of the transitions fail and few (5%) businesses survive into a fourth generation. Once the children take over, there ...

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... promoted as a way to invest money left over from online payments, now has more than 370 million account holders, the vast majority of which are under the age of 30. The fund currently produces a seven-day annualised yield of 4.02% and is managed by Tianhong ...

Emerging infrastructure funds struggling: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... capital." "Although emerging infrastructure managers, compared to established managers, are struggling to fundraise, the majority are achieving as well as exceeding their fund target size," Carr said. "With 42% of infrastructure investors reporting a ...

FSC takes aim at complacency in super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... the same investment option for the next 25 years." The same principle, he added, applies to super funds that place the majority (80%) of disengaged super members straight into a balanced option from age 16 onwards. He even suggested that, in time, this ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

Centuria listed funds CEO to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... Australia, Schroders Australia and Deutsche Asset Management. In an ASX statement, Centuria said Collishaw will devote the majority of his time to "further developing his existing private interests," but will continue on at Centuria as a non-executive ...