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Shaw lands wave of Macquarie advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... ex-Macquarie advisers. Since restructuring as a holistic wealth management business and recruiting Macquarie Private Wealth North America chief executive Earl Evans, Shaw has appointed two other Macquarie veterans: adviser David Schmidt and analyst Cameron ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... is unique: "There is strong innovation in Asia, there is no comparison to other so-called emerging markets like Latin America or Eastern Europe. The only market as interesting is the United States, but the US is a developed market, it is well understood ...

It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... China is an emerging market, and China's currency is pegged to the US dollar - and these made a roundtrip back into the America in the form of higher corporate revenues and profits (both in volume terms and in exchange rate translation effects). That's ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... dollar is inversely correlated with commodity prices. The main reason of course is that commodity prices are priced in America's currency. The stronger the greenback, the fewer dollars required to purchase the same quantity of commodities. Lower commodity ...

Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Australian professional investors are the world's most concerned about environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when it comes to making investment decisions. A global CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members ...

Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... has not been completely linear across the industry. "Transactions in the more developed infrastructure markets of North America and Europe have seen the largest increases in average deal value. Furthermore, the appetite for the favourable characteristics ...

In wealthy Australia, philanthropy is the biggest loser

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Australia has experienced record growth rates and its population is wealthier than ever, but philanthropic giving is now lower than it was 30 years ago. Taxpayers are giving an amount equivalent to only 0.57% of GDP, compared to their counterparts in ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
We've gone a long way, baby! A very long way... down. It seems so long ago and far away now but, it had only been less than four months when the All Ordinaries index looked set to break the 6,000-point barrier. It was only 0.8% away (45.2 points) from ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... How spectacular the fall? The August drop took the index to its lowest level since April 2009 - yes, that's right, when America was right in the midst of a recession. There were no redeeming feature in the details of the report: new orders down to minus ...

Magellan adds infrastructure specialist

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Magellan Financial Group has appointed a senior portfolio manager to its global infrastructure team. Stephen Mentzines joins the fund manager from ASX-listed Sydney Airport, where he was chief financial officer. Before that he was with Macquarie Group ...