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The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... the numbers at around 5% to 10% sell-off, but with a Brexit style recovery afterwards. "A Clinton win could see the US market easily recover the 3% it has already lost, but this also depends on who wins the Senate and House," he said. BetaShares chief ...

Super members should face "better off test"

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Industry Super Australia wants a "better off test" requiring banks and other financial services providers to demonstrate that switching a member's superannuation will be beneficial. Additionally the representative group is calling for banks to ban all ...

Watershed SMA makes the right calls

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  SUNDAY, 11 SEP 2016
... we traded out of IVV which held up relatively well given the sharp decline in the Australian dollar vs the USD. The US market fell, but the Aussie dollar also fell sharply to just below 70c in late January. The group also introduced a leveraged but currency ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Australia's largest non-institutional platform, Netwealth, has entered an exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers ...

Factor investing sees new customised approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... income, commodities and real estate. Northern Trust recently launched two factor-based fixed income ETFs within the US market. The asset manager has also launched a quality-factor environmental, social and governance strategy because it sees factor and ...

Financial services lend spotlight on nation's leading philanthropists

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... gross domestic product (GDP). While this is a significant amount, it is relatively half the amount in the more mature US market where the not-for-profits contributed a much higher 5.5% to GDP. Christopher Page, who was part of the judging panel and is ...

Tribeca announces new appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Tribeca Investment Partners has created a new role to co-manage the portfolio of its Tribeca Global Natural Resources Fund. Joining Tribeca as the portfolio co-manager is Craig Evans. Based in Sydney, Evans will be responsible for building on the absolute ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... point of difference early in his analyst briefing slides, noting on page three: "Funds with large allocations to the US market are participating in an increasingly crowded trade." Platinum's increase in average FUM of 12.1% from the previous corresponding ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper has placed a vote of confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest ...

Martin Currie hires from AB, Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
Active equity manager Martin Currie has made two key hires in its Australian sales, marketing and client services team. Joining Martin Currie as marketing manager is Carly Bode, who will focus on the development and implementation of the marketing strategy. ...