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Nikko Australia appoints COO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
... development. He joined Nikko AM New Zealand in 2000, and has acted as managing director, head of strategy, head of quantitative analysis and head of client services. He is a past chairman of the Investment Subcommittee of the New Zealand Society of Actuaries ...

HESTA investment manager appointed to PRI

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... promote more systematic and transparent incorporation of environmental, social and governance into credit ratings and analysis. Other recent Australian PRI appointees include AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk to the Asset Owner Advisory Committee ...

Saxo teams up for auto analysis tool

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
Saxo Capital Markets partnered with a stockbroking software provider to incorporate automated technical analysis tools and live trade signals into the SaxoTraderGO platform. The integration of SaxoTraderGO with the Autochartist will allow users to apply ...

Housing market faces heavy downside risk

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... a stable asset, Australian residential property carries considerable risk, according to a new Auscap report. Auscap's analysis noted the general wisdom that because residential property prices haven't experienced a "broad decline" since 1991, housing ...

Morningstar appoints research analyst

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2017
... ratings, Asia Pacific, Chris Douglas. "Her background in the funds management industry and her passion for investment analysis will enable her to engage effectively with fund managers and add significant value to our independent fund research and ratings ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... improvement in living standards for successive generations," Fahy said. "The ASFA comfortable standard is based on a detailed analysis of the level of spending needed to meet the realities of retirement, including: health and aged care with the associated ...

SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund investors were not spooked during last year's share market volatility, with analysis showing they were the largest net investors in the ASX Top 20 during 2016. Commsec analysis shows that during an August 2015 market ...

Medium risk for terrorism funding in financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... laundering and terrorism financing in the Australian financial planning industry. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), the government's financial intelligence agency, found the advice sector "attracts a moderate level of ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... fund ($413 billion) recently reviewed its tobacco position and advisers recommended the 16-year-old ban be reversed. Analysis performed in 2015 by Wilshire Associates, a consultant to the CalPERS' board, indicated the fund's tobacco restrictions reduced ...

Fintech grows through adviser platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... to filter and rank each stock from the more than 20,000 stocks available. This is followed by a fundamental bottom-up analysis of the stocks. To help build the themes Sahgal added former Perennial Investment Partners head of international equities Clay ...