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Robo-advice needs monitoring: IOSCO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... grips with the difficulties of monitoring robo-advice solutions and tools. The latest International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) report on its Automated Advice Tools Survey finds none of the international regulators interviewed were ...

Top 10 investment stories in 2016

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 22 DEC 2016
... two fixed interest options were replaced by the Diversified Fixed Interest option which invests in a broader range of securities and strategies across Australian and international securities and includes government bonds, non-government bonds and high-yield ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
The largest defined-benefit public pension fund in the US will divest from tobacco-related securities across its externally managed portfolios. The move by CalPERS comes on top of its decision in 2000 to divest tobacco from internally managed public ...

APAC multi-asset strategies receive tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... additional 7% improvement. The study analysed monthly performance figures of Saxo's APAC clients trading leveraged securities such as CFDs, FX, stocks, futures and others between January 2013 and May 2016. The sample included account balances of more ...

Super fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... ClariVest is now employing its emerging markets strategy with an industry superannuation fund. The EM strategy includes securities primarily selected from stocks traded in all countries represented in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, which is also the ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... expectations, as measured by the differential between nominal bond yields and those on Treasury inflation protected securities are now at 1.96% on the tenners (1.46% when the Fed lifted-off back on 16 December 2015) and 1.83% on the fivers (1.20% last ...

SMSFs continue hunt for information

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... AMP Capital managed funds but are able to be bought and sold during the trading day like any share on the Australian Securities Exchange. We expect greater interest in these funds next year as trustees and advisers learn how to use them in a balanced ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
... of the public sector purchase programme will be broadened by decreasing the minimum remaining maturity for eligible securities from two years to one year. Second, purchases of securities under the APP with a yield to maturity below the interest rate ...

APSEC appoints former Macquarie analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Atlantic Pacific Securities (APSEC) made a senior appointment to its analyst team. Tim Montague-Jones will join APSEC, bringing more than 20 years' of investment management experience. Montague-Jones joins from Macquarie Group where he was a senior ...

HUB24 opens doors to global direct equities

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
HUB24 has launched a new service allowing investors on its platform to purchase direct international securities. Providing access to 14 markets in North America, Europe and Asia, the new service complements HUB24's existing international managed portfolio ...