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Proliferation of global equity products meet investor demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Lonsec Research has revealed a swell in global equity products in reaction to growing investor demand for global exposure and a variety of different strategies. Lonsec Research's recent Global Equities Sector Review showed that 2015-16 saw 172 different ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

Class integrates with startup to help advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Class has partnered with an online platform and mobile app aimed at assisting advisers in making better informed decisions. The platform, Simply Wall St, analyses over 15,000 individual stocks in Australia, the US and UK and also examines investment ...

Contango appoints compliance officer

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Contango Asset Management has appointed a new compliance and legal officer. Skye Radley joins the manager from Equity Trustees, where she worked in legal, risk management and compliance roles for three years. Prior to that, she was a solicitor with ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia should start thinking about historically low rates as an opportunity for reinvestment, according to Vanguard principal and head of investments, Vanguard Asia Pacific Rodney Comegys. Addressing the Vanguard ETFs in Practice forum in Sydney ...

Centuria taps Google for latest board appointment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
Centuria Capital has appointed a senior executive from technology giant Google to its board. Susan Wheeldon-Steele is currently head of performance at Google where she works with national and global companies to develop and deliver growth strategies. ...

HUB24 partners for new white label offering

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
HUB24 has partnered with a licensee to create a new bespoke platform and managed portfolio offering. Beacon Financial Group selected HUB24 to create this new service to be distributed to its over-200 authorised representatives, collectively managing ...

Sunsuper continues push into adviser market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
Sunsuper has appointed two new business development managers (BDM) and launched an online portal for financial advisers. Alessandra Bertora and William Burke both joined the Queensland-based company last month, charged with "growing Sunsuper's membership ...

Sowerby to support Queensland startup drive in new role

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments founder Mark Sowerby is taking up a post with the Queensland state government following his decision to step down from his role as managing director of the investment firm. Sowerby will take on the newly created role ...

Local hedge funds fighting for insto attention

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Local hedge funds are still battling super funds' preference to look offshore for alternatives exposure, according to Hedge Funds Rock and The Australian Hedge Fund Awards co-founder Kim Ivey. Ahead of the awards night in September, Ivey said this is ...