Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1811 - 1820 of 5005 results for "CAM"

Pengana drives WHSP finance portfolio up 43pct

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
The performance of Pengana Capital Group, which was created following the Hunter Hall merger last year, drove Washington H. Soul Pattinson's 1H18 portfolio up 43.3%. Pengana delivered a $1.9 million contribution to WHSP's net profit during the period. ...

Aussie ETFs attracted $339 million in February: Betashares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Australia's ETF pool swelled $330 million in February even though stocks slumped early in the month. BetaShares, the fourth-biggest player in Australia's ETF pool, joins Vanguard in saying investors gravitated towards ETFs in February's market slowdown ...

CGA acquires Switzer, appoints new chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... the management buyout of CGA from Contango MicroCap, which saw the former change hands to a newly-created holding company, CAM SPV. Commenting on Boubouras' departure, CGA chair Roger Amos also noted the outgoing managing director's contributions to ...

Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
ASIC has disqualified a Melbourne-based SMSF auditor who is serving a jail term for previous charges. Nayanaka Arjuna Samarakoon pleaded guilty to criminal offences that included dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime ...

Pre-retirees lack confidence about retirement: Qantas Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2018
Six-in-ten (63%) Australians do not have the confidence to retire comfortably, with women comprising a large cohort that feel discouraged about preparing for retirement, Qantas Super's inaugural CSBA Retirement Confidence Index (RCI) shows. Based on ...

Advisers underprepared for cyber risk high-stakes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
Financial advisers and superannuation funds understand the stakes behind cyber incidents but it's not reflected in business preparation and protection processes. This is a key finding in the latest industry survey from Kamino Cyber Security, a division ...

Crunch time for limited MDA advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
Financials advisers have less than seven months to transition clients and beat the limited managed discretionary account (MDA) deadline. According to Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) head of distribution Tony Nejasmic, the no-action position on limited ...

REITs the saving grace on SPIVA scorecard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
For the second consecutive year large percentages of Australian funds underperformed their respective benchmarks across most categories in 2017, according to the S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Fuds (SPIVA) Australia scorecard. S&P evaluated returns ...

Advisers to embrace aged care opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
As the need for aged care grows, so too does the need for specialised aged care financial advice. Estimating that less than 10% of advisers regularly provide aged care advice, Challenger is calling on financial advisers to become more educated on the ...

Global Merces launches managed funds regtech

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Asset manager and funds services provider Global Merces has launched a regtech solution that slashes the managed funds application process to five minutes. FUND.ID, a straight through processing system, on-boards new clients using an electronic signature ...