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Avenir appoints investment associate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... track record of high performance and take the next step in our growth with the launch of the new retail fund class." As above, Warner is referring to Avenir launching the retail class of its concentrated global equities fund, the Avenir Global Fund ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... unemployment expectations index rising from 132.5 in August to 133.6 - indicating expectations for higher unemployment - which is above its long-term average of 130.2. This suggests that the hope for acceleration in wages could be a long time coming ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... weapons have been excluded. Established in December 2000, the fund is designed for investors seeking incremental returns above the benchmark at a lower cost than most active funds. It has outperformed the benchmark in 13 of the past 16 calendar years ...

Wall Street interrupted

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... trading last week); the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.2% overnight (from -0.9% last week) and regained its hold above the 22,000-point mark; Bloomberg's US dollar spot index increased by 0.6% (down 1.6% last week) and after shedding 10 basis ...

Merger sees advice firms capitalise on capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... formalises a partnership that has been in place for quite some time. Navacue clients can still look forward to the professional 'above the line' client care that they have come to expect from their existing Navacue accountant, planner and support team ...

Canada economic growth changes gears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... how the BOC explained its decision two months ago: "Recent data have bolstered the bank's confidence in its outlook for above-potential growth and the absorption of excess capacity in the economy. The bank acknowledges recent softness in inflation but ...

The pointy end of super regulation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... profit-to-member funds once again outclassed their rivals, adding significantly to members' retirement savings," she said. Given the above, Scheerlinck said the super industry was now focusing on regulation: specifically, ASIC's RG 97 and APRA's operational ...

Beware creative debt packaging: Robeco

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017
... top-down debt sustainability perspective sits at 'neutral.' The household sector being quite leveraged at 125%, and well above the level of Spain and Ireland before the financial crisis however, indicated as a "warning sign," Meijers said. In the long-term ...

HHV reports $22m loss after rough year

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... meeting to remove the company's directors - this resulted in then-chair Paul Jensen being ousted in April. Following that, as above, HHV's investment strategy was repositioned after Hunter Hall was merged with Pengana Capital.

Prime establishes new business division

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2017
... another recent acquisition, MPR Accountants & Advisers, have been rebranded as Prime Accounting & Business Advisory (PABA). As above, Prime announced it had increased its FUM by $131 million to $1.1 billion in the 2017 financial year, which the firm's ...