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PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
By his own admission, Colin Kelton barely understood what Vanguard did when he applied for a job at the company. But 25 years on he's now principal and managing director of the Australian operations of the $4.4 trillion asset manager, and he can't imagine ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... the instrument. Some investors were geared three to four times their original investment. According to the Wall Street Journal, an SEC proposed rule could treat leveraged ETFs like mutual funds, which could impact the way some investors, particularly ...

PROFILE: FSC chief executive Sally Loane

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
There are tough first days on the job, and then there are those where you show up to the office having been handed the most significant reform package for your industry in 20 years. That was what faced Sally Loane when she took the reins at the Financial ...

Competitive forces driving US pension fees down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... attacking companies for using plans with high charges has also put the focus on lower-priced options. The Wall Street Journal said a new Labor Department rule that holds financial advisers to higher standards of behavior will likely lead many plans to ...

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
Financial planners have improved their standing in the Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey but still have some way to go before they can be considered one of the most trusted professions. Of the 30 professions included in the survey, financial planners ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... surprisingly, Fed rhetoric has turned dovish. Fed Governor Lael Brainard's comment is the latest. She told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) that, "Recent developments reinforce the case for watchful waiting" because slow growth in the developed economies ...

Doom(ed) rebound?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... "we have the power, the willingness and the determination to act". The BOJ might not be too far behind. The Wall Street Journal quoted an aide of PM Abe saying that, "Conditions for additional easing have fallen into place". China's doing its bit too. ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... partnerships with our external partners." Chair of the Central Banking Awards committee and editor-in-chief of Central Banking Journal, Christopher Jeffery said the Future Fund "took the restrained decision not to increase its risks to chase returns ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run". As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) puts it, "In December 2016, for example, the Fed projects a 1.375% fed-funds rate. Futures markets put it at 0.76%." ...

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... bond market is taking a hit. Third Avenue Management's high-yield credit fund shut down last Friday and the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that Stone Lion Capital Partners has suspended redemptions in its credit funds. Commodity markets are the same......and ...