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What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Five years ago, fund managers considered an asset consultant's staff as their most important attribute but in 2019 they attach more importance to their research, says Frontier Advisors. Frontier Advisors asked fund managers of their views of asset consultants ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... nothing that provides any analysis on the extent of volume bonuses or shelf space fees," Anderson said. "This all supports the view that we are operating in what can only be described as an information vacuum." He added that the information vacuum becomes ...

The importance of reducing risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... stock markets fall when there is a negative fundamental, but you want to focus on stocks neglected by the market. In our view, they are low risk," Teh said. "Once you identify a disconnect between quality and value, a new world will open up."

Results of ASIC MDA review imminent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... who ASIC speaks to will determine the outcome of the MDA work, given the diversity of structures. "Everybody will have a view and that view will reflect their own commercial and general interests," Potter said.

Chief economist update: RBA cuts official cash rate to 0.75%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... their reduced propensity to invest and spend while at the same time devaluing the RBA's credibility on its optimistic view. As verbalised by Lowe in his Armidale address: "Looking forward, there are some signs that, after a soft patch, the economy ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Bloomberg has launched U.S. equity benchmark capabilities, marking a significant step for Bloomberg in the equity index space. The new equity offering includes the Bloomberg U.S. Large Cap Index as well as growth, value and dividend indices. These benchmarks ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... already cut interest rates (more than once) and/or restarted QE, or promised to maintain ultra-loose monetary policy with a view to implementing even greater accommodation (if needed). The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) ...

Purdue bankruptcy vindicates ESG screens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy after facing a slew of lawsuits for the mismarketing of its product OxyContin. The company's marketing and mislabelling of OxyContin has seen it accused of causing the opioid addiction crisis in the US. Purdue ...

Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... "people are voting with their pocketbooks". He used two multinational corporations with mixed reputations to illustrate Nikko's view on considering the social impact of a holding - Kraft Heinz and Unilever. Fulton said Kraft Heinz had cut costs by cutting ...

Support staff should meet FASEA standards

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... no commissions on life insurance sales - Ashenden said this has been misreported. "While it is the commissioner's personal view that the absence of commissions on the sale of life insurance would not result in an underinsurance problem in Australia ...