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Parametric launches liquid alternative strategy

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
Parametric Portfolio Associates has added a new Liquid Alternative strategy to its suite of Volatility Risk Premium (VRP) strategies. The Parametric Liquid Alternative strategy is designed to give investors a diversifying risk premium that targets risk-adjusted ...

ANZ cash profit up, net down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016
ANZ has announced an unaudited cash profit of $1.85 billion in the three months to 31 December 2015, up 4% on the prior corresponding period. Statutory net profit was $1.6 billion, down slightly from the $1.65 billion reported for the December 2014 ...

App lets Australians invest pocket change

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
A new app released in Australia will allow users to round up daily purchases and invest the "change" into a diversified exchange-traded fund portfolio. Acorns, created by father-son business Acorns Grow in 2012, was released in the US in 2014 and has ...

SG Hiscock takes distribution reins from EQT

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
SG Hiscock has announced EQT will no longer manage retail distribution for its funds following a strategic review. SG Hiscock will take portfolio management responsibility for their own products and will also manage distribution for LaSalle funds; EQT ...

AFA makes three senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
... capability and is a welcome addition to the AFA's senior management team." Finally, Natasha Raleigh has joined as an events associate. She has held similar roles at Styling Australia, HYATT Hotels, Experian and Jim Beam.

Treasury revises cost of super tax concessions

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The estimated cost of superannuation tax concessions to the federal government this year has been revised down by about $4 billion according to the latest Treasury figures. Treasury released its 2015 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) on Friday and showed ...

Ageing Australia will impact budget for next decade

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
An ageing population and the associated pressures on health funding are expected to place significant tolls on the federal budget over the next decade according to a Treasury official. Secretary to the Treasury, John Fraser told the Sydney Institute ...

Margin lenders tighten policies after ASIC review

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
One provider has stopped offering double geared margin loans following an Australian Securities and Investments (ASIC) review. Out of six margin lenders, covering 90% of the market, five were found to be offering double geared margin loans at the time ...

Fed's plan slips on oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... target" (St. Louis Fed pres Bullard). This should delay the Fed's policy normalisation at best. At worst, Bridgewater Associate Ray Dalio thinks the Fed's next move would be to bring back quantitative easing. This is bad because it would highlight the ...

Standard Life Investments sponsors 2017 Lions tour

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... partner of the Ryder Cup. The latest tie-up follows NAB's recent appointment of former All Black Andrew Mehrtens as associate director of business development in Sydney.