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The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... plague active managers, here are the names of the Aussie shares funds that managed to beat the S&P/ASX 200 in the year to October. The 12 months to October were particularly bad for active managers. As the S&P/ASX 200 delivered 19.3%, the median manager ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
... latest missive at the conclusion of its 10-11 December FOMC meeting - after three 25 bps cuts - in July, September and October - that took the fed funds rate from 2.5% to 1.75%. Fed chair Jerome Powell was full of optimism. "Our economic outlook remains ...

Best performing global equities strategies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... stronghold on 10-year returns but a small Sydney boutique has quietly taken the lead on one-year basis with 31% returns to October end in the latest Morningstar institutional survey. Magellan is the undisputed best performer on a 10-year basis, returning ...

AMP welcomes former PwC partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... from the board at the conclusion of the 2020 annual general meeting in May. Varghese has been serving on the board since October 2016 and during his tenure has held positions as non-executive director on the boards of AMP Bank and AMP Capital Holdings ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... (NAB) latest Business Survey report shows business conditions remained unchanged at a reading of +4 in November (from October) but business confidence fell to a reading of zero, negating October's two-point increase to +2. The survey was conducted ...

Elders FP to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... regional manager Allan Ward looking for a new role alongside EFP national practice development manager Michael Payne. In October it was confirmed the IOOF-aligned dealer group was in discussions over its future. As a small-scale advice group, the company ...

Real estate manager hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... Property, in a role that reports to its chief executive. Lorraine Moore joined APN Property Group as head of sustainability at October end. She reports to APN Property Group chief executive Tim Slattery and Real Estate Securities chief executive Pete ...

IOOF, ANZ transaction gets green light

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... APRA's industry-wide focus on improving outcomes for superannuation members. The acquisition was originally announced in October 2017 but was delayed on the back of the Royal Commission. The sale finally went through in October of this year, with IOOF ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... logistics business. Last year, Forbes published an article on XPO with the title 'Better than Amazon?' But, in October 2018 allegations of mistreatment of employees at XPO warehouses first surfaced when the New York Times uncovered several instances ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... gain of 175,000 and the most since January this year. Even better, revisions added a total of 41,000 to September and October employment numbers, bringing the three-month average growth in jobs to 205,000 (up by 29,000). The unemployment rate dropped ...