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US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
Wall Street is up - S&P 500 index closed 0.5% higher after dropping by as much as 1.5% overnight - as the US dollar plunged - Bloomberg US dollar index down 1.6% -- and oil prices soared by around 7% (despite the Department of Energy's report that crude ...

Investor group welcomes carbon disclosure inquiry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016

Netwealth is highest-rated adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Advisers prefer the netwealth investment platform in terms of full functionality, according to Investment Trends research. Investment Trends' December 2015 Platform Report analysed 506 "key characteristics" of 22 master trust and wrap platforms, which ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Advisory firm HLB Mann Judd Sydney believes the popularity of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) will continue to increase regardless of federal government changes to the retirement income system. HLB Mann Judd wealth management partner Jonathan ...

ANZ reduces 146 Oasis staff in Macquarie partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
ANZ and Macquarie have partnered to develop a new wrap platform for ANZ advisers. Under the agreement, Macquarie will take effective stewardship over ANZ subsidiary business Oasis, with ANZ staff being reduced over the next 18 months as administration ...

Strength in (A$) weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Strength in (A$) weakness I wouldn't be surprised if Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor had that all too familiar (former Federal Treasurer) Peter Costello's smirk on his face as he presided over the bank's first Board meeting this year. I might ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
Illiquid and alternative asset strategies will only increase across the institutional investment market in 2016 according to latest reports from BlackRock and Willis Towers Watson. A BlackRock survey of more than 170 of the firm's largest institutional ...

WAM Capital profit triples

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
WAM Capital has more than tripled its after tax operating profit to $74.6 million for the half year to 31 December 2015, following strong outperformance of the market. After tax profit rose 224.9% from $23 million in the same period in 2014, while the ...

GBST already set for T+2

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
GBST has become the first provider of securities transaction software to confirm readiness for the impending T+2 settlement regime for the Australian equities market. The ASX is targeting 7 March 2016 as its date to complete the transition from T+3 ...

Aberdeen CIO jumps ship to M&G

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
M&G chief executive Michael McLintock has announced his retirement as well as his replacement from Aberdeen Asset Management. Aberdeen's chief investment officer Anne Richards will take the reins as chief executive, subject to regulatory approval in ...