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MainstreamBPO heads to NY

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO has opened an office in New York in the hopes of expanding its hedge fund administration business. The New York office will be the first outside the Asia Pacific region for the group and will add to ...

Australian Unity fund acquires property in Port Adelaide

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Following an increase in investor inflows Australian Unity's Property Income Fund (PIF) has purchased a commercial property in Port Adelaide, South Australia, for $8 million. Established in 1999, the fund invests in a diverse mix of income-producing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... worse than expectations for a 0.1% pick-up after the December quarter's huge 2.0% decline. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the fall was due to weaker investment in offices and other non-residential buildings. Year-on-year, UK business ...

InvestmentLink developing real-time compliance product

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
InvestmentLink has announced the development of a real-time compliance product that will provide financial advisers and dealer groups with immediate and ongoing compliance reporting. The product, Halcyon, will use InvestmentLink's data platform as well ...

DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
DeVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has come out in support of "Panama-style" financial privacy. In a statement, Green said that while he supports Panama's efforts to "enhance its effectiveness and credibility" as an offshore financial centre and ...

FICAP marks 10th anniversary with record fundraising

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) celebrated its tenth year milestone last week by raising more than $200,000 at its annual 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?' fundraising night. More than 700 professionals from the financial services industry ...

Who spooked the greenback?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Have financial markets stumbled on the one catalyst that could herald the beginning of the end... the end of the sour taste in their mouths for all things "risk" since the onset of 2016? They're getting back their mojos. Many, many times I have scribbled ...

OneVentures seeks super fund investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Following Malcolm Turnbull's innovation statement, OneVentures is exploring a potential opportunity to add superannuation funds as investors in its Innovation and Growth Fund II. With federal government plans to lift the tax free cap on early-stage ...

Australian IPOs beat US

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
New research from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) has found Initial Public Offerings made in Australia could raise more capital than they could in the US, despite the Australian market's smaller size and depth. MGSM dean, Professor ...

FPA retirement planning scholarships awarded

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia and Challenger have awarded five UNSW scholarships for FPA members to study retirement planning. The scholarship winners are KeyPlay Financial Services' Anthony White, MyState Wealth Management's Philip ...