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Boutique asset manager expands investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
... roles with leading global resource and investment banking organisations, Stanley said. Prior to Ralton, Gordon held roles with FAR, UBS Investment Bank and Salomon Smith Barney (Citigroup). Also welcoming Ramsay's appointment, Copia Investment Partners ...

Agriculture investment under parliament microscope

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
The practical barriers to superannuation investment in Australia's agricultural sector are now the subject of a Federal Parliament inquiry. The house standing committee on agriculture and water resources will accept submissions to the inquiry as the ...

$900bn of wealth soon up for grabs: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... fragmentation of the institutional distribution model had seen advisers leave the major banks at 270% of the historical rate so far this year. Adviser Ratings added that pressure would mount on advice practices to alter their business model in the event ...

Aussie funds can benefit from FTA with EU: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... largest and most sophisticated funds management markets in the world including Luxembourg, Ireland, France and Germany but so far Australian investment managers have limited ability to expand into the region. Currently only 3.6% of Australian funds under ...

Spaceship looks outside of superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... months. How big could the Voyager products get? Bennetts won't say. The percentage takeout with the Voyager products is so far similar to that of the super products - 90% under the age of 44. Spaceship Index Portfolio currently holds companies such ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
One of the men behind the US hedge fund which successfully shorted Blue Sky Alternative Investments is starting an activist investment fund of his own. Former Glaucus Research director and chief investment officer at Glaucus Investments, Soren Aandahl ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... benchmark for the life insurance industry as well as new supervisory frameworks for the entire financial services sector. So far he has found it disheartening and "jarring" that there are financial services organisations not co-operating with the law ...

More adviser participation needed to shape ethics code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... that it is not the first time such a concept has been applied to professional conduct, Lavery said: "Nonetheless, it is a far-reaching concept that advisers should question while they have the opportunity to do so." He said ethical challenges also arise ...

Chief economist update: New RBNZ Governor maintains old policy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... been decelerating - down to 2.9% in the year to the December 2017 quarter - the slowest since the third quarter of 2014. So far consumer spending seems to be holding up - retail sales up by 5.4% in the year to the December 2017 quarter from 4.6% in the ...

Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... date and by 171.9% since the US$26.14/barrel low recorded in February 2016. Brent oil's performance is similar - up 15.6% so far this year and 196.7% up from January 2016's low of US$26.01/barrel. With the limits on production by OPEC and non-OPEC countries ...