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It's the Fed, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Are we barking at the wrong tree? Let me rephrase that, we are barking at the wrong tree. It has been less than a month ago - before this wailing and gnashing of teeth - that bad China news brought hopes that central command would fight back with stimulus ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

Mercer launches super data analytics tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
Mercer has launched a new data-driven analytics tool to help super funds better understand their members amid intense competition for funds under management. The company says the new analytics, marketing and strategy platform - to be known as Mercer ...

NGS Super hires brand, digital manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
NGS Super has joined the ranks of super funds who want to grow their online presence and has hired a brand and digital strategy manager. Loyce Cox-Paton will be the fund's senior manager of brand and digital and will be in charge of member engagement ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Wilson Asset Management chief investment officer Chris Stott says increasing M&A activity will create investment opportunities in the year ahead, despite a mixed economic outlook. The group's listed investment company, WAM Capital, grew 35.3% to $806.5 ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Active managers targeting mum and dad investors have rushed to launch their funds as listed investment companies (LICs) on the ASX, but a growing number of professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
Australia's love story with its own stocks might have run its course, with new figures showing that inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ...

Crowe Horwath progressing growth ambitions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Six months on from the merger with Findex, Crowe Horwath is looking to broaden its financial advice offering by offering a full-service model to family offices. The merger significantly increases the scale of the accounting, audit, tax and financial ...

Blue Sky flushes dunnies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
Blue Sky Private Equity has sold its majority stake in portable toilet hire company Viking Rentals, to which it felt a special attachment because it was one of its first investments. Blue Sky has sold the stake to an Adelaide-based investment group ...