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Scholarship supports new advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
A Melbourne university is partnering with a boutique financial planning firm to provide financial support to the next generation of financial advisers. Scholten Collins McKissock Wealth Management and Deakin Business School will provide scholarships ...

Russia and India sign investment partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have overseen a signing ceremony to create a US$1 billion fund for Russian investment in Indian business. The fund is a partnership between the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) ...

Former IFM exec joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
Cbus is welcoming the next wave of its investment team expansion, appointing three new specialists including a former executive director at IFM Investors. Linda Cunningham will join the $34 billion industry fund as manager, debt and is tasked with overseeing ...

JANA strengthens consultancy team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
JANA has appointed two new consultants. David Surridge recently joined the investment consulting firm as a senior consultant, responsible for some of JANA's Sydney and New Zealand clients. Surridge's new role involves interacting with trustees, investment ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2016
US industrial production US industrial output increased by 0.1% in the month of September, less than market expectations for a 0.2% gain and following August's 0.5% drop (downwardly revised from a 0.4% decline). A stronger than expected 0.2% gain in ...

AMP Capital acquires stake in desalination plant

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
AMP Capital has reached financial close to acquire a 5.2% stake in the Victorian Desalination Project (VDP) from Pacific Partnerships. Funded by the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), VDP was delivered as a public private partnership ...

NAB private wealth vet takes on key China relationship role

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
A NAB Private manager specialising in high-net worth Asian clients has joined a wholesale private and institutional financial services provider. Helen Huang, previously a NAB branch manager and NAB Private client manager, has joined the SILC Group as ...

Australia is the APAC hedge fund capital: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Australia is the "leading centre for hedge funds" in the Asia-Pacific region, with $99 billion in assets under management, according to Preqin research. The new Preqin Insight: Alternative Assets in Australia report found that there are now 107 active ...

Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
Fidelity International has appointed a new managing director for its Australian operations. In addition to her role as investment director, Alva DeVoy has been promoted as managing director, Australia. DeVoy will be based in Sydney and assume responsibility ...

Oil's rally could slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
They were priced at US$26.01 and US$26.91 with Standard Chartered Bank even going on record predicting that prices could drop to US$10 before "money managers in the market conceded that matters had gone too far". These were the price of a barrel of ...