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Global asset manager expands Australian offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... three years. He said it's a high-yield play but at the defensive end. "Bank loans are sub-investment grade but they sit above high-yield bonds so you can get a fairly healthy coupon in terms of the income component," Grobler said. The firm's global head ...

Long-short performance justifies fees: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... funds justifies the cost. Zenith found in the 12 months to September 30, global long-short managers delivered a 2.3% premium above the MSCI World ex-Australia Index. Annualised for the three years to June 30, these managers delivered a higher net-of-fee ...

Sydney licensee caught out on conflicts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... that of other divisions. FSB has also agreed to appoint an independent expert to assess and evaluate the adequacy of the above measures, as well as make a donation of $80,000 to the The Ethics Centre.

CountPlus appoints CFO after executive search

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
... an associate director - mergers and acquisitions at Deloitte and chief financial officer at both Atos and Super Group. As above, CountPlus announced back in August that it was on the hunt for a new CFO. Countplus' board said it would commence an external ...

Family members greenlit for $60bn industry fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... broadly to their families, knowing connections with the higher education and research sector run deep," O'Sullivan said. As above, UniSuper obtained a public offer licence earlier this year. Despite this, the fund said at the time it had no intention ...

RG97 to shine a light on passive strategies: Aberdeen Standard

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... of strategic clients John Campbell said, because "even if you have a fund that's outperformed every five years charging above the median, they'll say, 'Well, that's great, but what if you underperform next quarter?' They can't be seen to be selling a ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... underlying value. We hedge the 'long' portfolio against market drops by selling short securities that we believe are priced well above their underlying values," he said. The fund is designed to shield investors from downside equity risk when equity markets ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... October business confidence didn't budge and stayed at the level where it was in the previous month (although it remained above its long term average, but only just). Perhaps it's the discrepancy of the surveys, but despite record high business conditions ...

Taxing times

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... index decreased to a reading of 58.7 in October, it was from September's 13-year high of 60.8 was the 14th straight month of above 50 readings that indicated expansion. The ISM non-manufacturing index rose to a 12-year high of 60.1 in October from 59.8 ...

Aussie fintech usage surges

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... top countries in the world with a sizable demand for new financial services technology. Australia's uptake rate (37%) sat above the global average (33%), and ranking it fifth in EY's Fintech Adoption Index of 20 other countries. Australia placed well ...