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Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
High performing financial services and accounting firms leverage existing capabilities and clients instead of looking outside their businesses for profit, according to new data from Macquarie. Macquarie's Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking ...

Lonsec rates Altius bond funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Two Altius bond funds were recently awarded 'Recommended' ratings from Lonsec. Both the Altius Bond Fund and the Altius Sustainable Bond Fund received the rating, with Lonsec noting strengths such as "the stability and experience of the team" and that ...

Super reforms finalised by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Treasurer Scott Morrison is adamant the government's wave of superannuation reforms will be introduced to parliament by the end of 2016. Morrison released the third tranche of reforms on Friday and said the legislative amendments better target superannuation ...

Finalists for SelectingSuper Awards announced

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
Finalists for the 2016 Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards have been announced, recognising the top superannuation providers and industry leaders in Australia. UniSuper and BUSSQ led nominations, each represented across six categories. Both ANZ and Intrust ...

Livestock finance firm completes bond issue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
FIIG Securities says a recent $30 million bond issue by a livestock finance group exemplifies how companies can use bonds to diversify their debt profile and fund new growth. StockCo completed the bond issue as part of a capital restructuring that will ...

EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Emerging market equities have outperformed global indices over 2016's third quarter after several years of underperformance, according to VanEck research. VanEck emerging markets equity portfolio manager David Semple explained that while EM has "generally ...

Legg Mason, AB funds highly recommended

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust and the AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund have received highly recommended ratings from Lonsec in the research house's latest review. Launched in 2011, the Legg Mason Martin Currie Equity Income Trust ...

ASX responds to CFR regulatory expectations

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
The ASX has updated its Cash Equities Clearing and Settlement Code of Practice to align with new Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) policy statements. In March the Federal Government asked CFR to prepare the policy statements to ensure the right ...

Mercer appoints commercialisation director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Mercer has appointed a new director of commercialisation. Ric Lamont joins Mercer from Rachael Robertson, where he was a partner - business development. Prior to that, he was principal and general manager business services at The Nous Group and chief ...

Investment bonds key to secure retirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
If the superannuation draft legislation released last week is passed high net-worth investors may need to consider alternatives to supplement their super such as investment bonds, according to Centuria Capital. Centuria's Neil Rogan, general manager ...