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Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... Expenditure Measure (HEM), published by the Melbourne Institute for Social and Economic Research, which provides broad analysis of customer expenditure based on demographic criteria. The bank disputes ASIC's claims that Westpac relied solely on the HEM ...

Netwealth dominating platform sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... with netwealth leading the field. That is a key finding of Investment Trends' 2016 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, highlighting that platform innovation surged in 2016 led largely by netwealth. It ranked first for overall platform ...

BlackRock makes two senior appointments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... She has eight years' experience in financial services, working across client services and development, and investment analysis. "The appointments reflect BlackRock's focus on building meaningful and sustainable partnerships with clients to help facilitate ...

Industry super attacks SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... in 2015 was 6.2%, compared to 8.8% for an APRA-regulated fund; 7.8% for retail funds and 9.7% for industry funds. The analysis also showed the size of the SMSF played a significant role in performance, as funds with fewer assets performed far worse than ...

Vanguard introduces low-cost active funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... investors across 43 managed funds, 17 exchange traded funds and a range of separately managed accounts. *Source: Vanguard analysis of Morningstar data, as at 31 December 2016.

SMSFs no influence on housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... with the asset class accounting for almost half of their portfolios. "These figures are worthy of further discussion and analysis but we should not simply conclude that the members of these SMSFs with direct property are overexposed to this asset class," ...

Bentham hires AMP Capital analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
... was a senior credit analyst in the firm's credit research team. In his role Smith was also the main port of call for analysis on public private partnership assets. Bentham managing director Richard Quin said Smith's "wealth of experience and deep understanding ...

Fidante executes growth strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... investment beliefs are based on 25 years of experience gained across global private and public equity markets, where analysis and research are critical. I absolutely believe in the potential of long-term patient capital as a means of delivering to investors ...

Veteran Nikko strategist retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... process," Nikko explained. "Our Australian fixed income team will continue to access global interest rate and currency analysis via John Vail, as well as research shared across our fixed income teams in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Auckland and Sydney." ...

Bond investors urged to play tactics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... will be paramount to ensure stability in investors' portfolios," managing director of BondAdviser Geoff Malkin says. Analysis also suggests that Australia is in the final stages of the property cycle as interest rates are expected to hit their low over ...