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Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after Wall Street stocks rose one per cent overnight. At 0704 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up 39 points at 5,505. The Nasdaq has powered to a fresh record, easily ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Not too long ago executive positions in financial services were generally appointed from prominent sales men and women. Energy Industry Super Scheme (EISS) chief executive, Alex Hutchison, is of a different breed. As a former federal police officer ...

APAC fastest growing region for millionaire investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Asia Pacific is the region where the number of high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals grew faster during 2014, the World Wealth Report found. The 19th edition of the report by Capgemini and RBC Wealth Management revealed that high net worths ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Insurance is the least attractive financial services employment sector for women born between 1980 and 1995, according to PwC research. PwC's report, "Female millennials in financial services: strategies for a new era of talent", is based on a global ...

Philo in growth mode after losing key mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Philo Capital is investing in growth after being replaced by State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) to provide portfolio construction services for key client Centric Wealth. Philo had a fixed-term contract with Centric which ended around May. Parent group ...

Future Fund and AustralianSuper settle court case

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The legal battle between two of Australia's funds management giants has ended with a multi-million dollar settlement. The Future Fund will pay AustralianSuper $7 million which will contribute to the legal costs of the country's largest industry fund ...

Mi problema su problema

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
"I got chills, they're multiplying..." What's that Virginia? You're sick of hearing and reading about Greece? Not as I am about ranting about it for the umpteenth time, believe you me. Each time the Greek "crisis' re-emerges, we get this volatility ...

Eslake leaves Bank of America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) chief economist Saul Eslake has left the organisation and a replacement has already been confirmed. A member of the firm's economic team and longtime colleague of Eslake, Alex Joiner, will head BoAML's economics ...

BTFG hires head of general insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has appointed a senior executive from Suncorp to join its insurance and investments business. Gerard McDermott has been named head of general insurance in the division. He joins from Suncorp where he was most recently executive ...