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Legg Mason launches new bond fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... class provides extensive opportunities for a well-resourced and experienced team like ours to add additional value over and above the benchmark for investors. This is an important consideration going forward as manager outperformance is going to make ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... December - the highest level since May 2007 - from 51.1 in the previous month with all five-sub activity indices decidedly above the 50 expansion/contraction line.

Sydney planners topping salary figures

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... sector can expect a moderate salary increase this year "unless they can offer specialist skills and performance delivery above the norm." "Economic conditions have led hiring managers to demonstrate moderation when offering remuneration packages," the ...

Hunter Hall ethical mantle in doubt as CIO resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
... the WHSP takeover bid, he said: "I have known WHSP for many years, having first met patriarch Jim Millner in his office above the chemist shop on Pitt Street in 1985. WHSP is a very fine Australian institution with diversified interests." "Should WHSP ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... flat and volatile conditions. For business year on year, AMP, State Street, Challenger, BlackRock and NAB/MLC all recorded above average increases in business; AMP led the charge with 35.1% and State Street followed with 15.5%. Reported gross inflows ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... relative to trend three to nine months ahead - from 0.51% in October to 0.11% in November - the fourth straight month of above trend growth. According to Westpac chief economist Bill Evans, ""The Leading Index growth rate has lifted over the last six ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... However, note that despite the latest fall, all of Markit's PMI measures - composite, manufacturing and services - remain well-above the 50 expansion/contraction demarcation. US Redbook The Johnson Redbook index -- a weekly gauge of same store sales ...

Equities on the nose in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
... by 3%, CFSGAM said. "While there were significant variations in equity preferences for males and female, with women aged above 35 holding lower equity exposures than men, women aged less than 35 actually bucked that trend," CFSGAM said. "This may be ...

Fiducian expands in to New Zealand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... shows the recognition of Fiducian's Manage the Manager system. We don't aim to shoot the lights out - we aim for consistent, above-benchmark returns and we deliver them year-in, year-out," Singh said. Heathcote Investment Partners director Clayton Coplestone ...

Hedge funds lack confidence in data security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... from around the world - also showed that in the next five years, 64% of managers have no intention of increasing investment above what they already pay for cyber security measures. Speaking at a KPMG/AIMA briefing in Sydney yesterday, KPMG director consulting ...