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Comparative advantage

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
Aren't you glad I didn't lift? This must be what's in Janet's head as she scours the global economic and financial market landscape and saw that it wasn't good. Yes folks, financial markets were doing backflips again overnight on concerns over dropping ...

Aussie fintechs sell to grow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
More than 30 Australian and New Zealand financial technology start-ups have put their case forward as to how they can progress the digital expansion of financial services. Speaking in front of prominent investors and industry professionals at the Afiniation ...

FSI and tax response "close to completion": Morrison

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015
Treasurer Scott Morrison confirmed that the government's response to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) is "proceeding and close to completion," despite the recent Liberal spill and cabinet reshuffle. Morrison addressed the media along with Finance ...

No industry is immune from poor culture risk: ASIC

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
There are currently no sectors in the financial services industry immune from the risk of cultivating a poor culture, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) commissioner John Price said. Speaking at the 2015 Customer Owned Banking ...

BlackRock hires senior analyst from UBS

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
BlackRock has hired an experienced analyst from UBS to join its Australian fundamental equities team. Sam Theodore is joining BlackRock as a director. He has 12 years' experience as an analyst and was previously head of gaming and engineering & contractors ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
"Not happy, Jan!" This was Wall Street's immediate verdict on the Fed's disclosure of its non-decision following the much-awaited and much speculated 16-17 September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 index declined by 1.6%; the Dow by 1.7%; Nasdaq by 1.4% ...

Expect slow "boil" Fed hikes: Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has delayed the interest rate lift off; supporting Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass' view that tightening will be drawn out over many years. Presenting to some 800 advisers at Sydney's Westin Hotel ...

Ellerston named hedge fund of the year

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
The Ellerston Australian Market Neutral Fund has taken home the 2015 Australian Hedge Fund of the Year award. Hedge funds of all styles and sizes were recognised at the Hedge Funds Rock event in Sydney's glitzy Ivy Ballroom. Ellerston also collected ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
Finally, it's here that long speculated week when the Fed decides. It's crunch time all around folks. Each and every FOMC voting member and his dog and cat must be busily crunching the numbers as I type to give an intelligent and convincing rationale ...

BTFG adds managed funds to platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has added over 300 managed funds to its investment platform Panorama. This update offers an open architecture menu with access to funds from over 70 managers across a range of diversified, sector, specialist and wholesale managed ...