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AMP Capital makes key infrastructure hire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
AMP Capital appointed a new investment director for its infrastructure equity team. Brent Tasugi joins AMP Capital's New York office from Oaktree Capital Management, where he was a senior vice president overseeing North American transportation, logistics ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
America's non-farm payrolls report is called "The Mother of All Economic Reports" for nothing - it moves the US financial markets (and by extension, the global ones) up or down depending on the indications it presents when it's released. The US employment ...

Industry fund appoints chief risk officer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
Industry super fund Statewide Super welcomed a new member to its executive team with the recent appointment of a chief risk officer. Kieran Netting joined the fund with more than 20 years' experience in financial services including managing all facets ...

Schroders managers join Bennelong UK business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
Two veteran Schroders fund managers will join a boutique launched by the UK business of Bennelong Funds Management. Paul Marriage and John Warren will transfer over to Bennelong subsidiary BennBridge and its first UK boutique Tellworth Investments in ...

Stamp duty axing treated with caution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The NSW Government decision to abolish all stamp duty for first homebuyers on existing and new homes up to $650,000, and stamp duty discounts up to $800,000, is being met with caution from a financial adviser. Announced by Premier Gladys Berejiklian ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Hassle-free housing investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
Advisers can help keep the Australian dream of owning a property alive in the midst of the affordability crisis with the option of fractional ownership in residential housing. Actively seeking relationships with financial advisers, BRICKX chief executive ...

Governance professional joins SMSFA board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The SMSF Association is welcoming a non-executive director and governance professional to its board of directors. Robyn FitzRoy, who is currently a non-executive director of Gateway Credit Union, joins the SMSF Association board effective 1 June 2017. ...

Global asset management fees continue to fall

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Funds management fees have fallen globally across several asset classes amid rising competition from cheaper products and greater scrutiny by investors looking to cut costs. The latest bfinance report examines the fees of more than 160 money managers ...

FINSIA expands professional network

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia is broadening its remit to include the securities and investment sectors as part of an expansion strategy for the finance professionals' network. Traditionally focused on the banking and institutional ...