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Industry veteran acquires SMSF administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... technical, processing and reporting requirements. "Strategic admin is far more extensive than just the processing of financials. It encompasses every aspect of the fund, from set up to wind up. We understand the nuances and differences that small variations ...

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... performance of domestic and international markets gave investors' confidence to look for new opportunities,'' Dale said. Financials and materials remained the most heavily traded sectors, accounting for 36% and 17% of the year's turnover. Telecommunication ...

Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... left disruptive innovation investment by the wayside. "In the fourth quarter of last year there was a big move into financials, industrials, and energy materials - value stocks - and in that kind of market we underperform," Wood said. However she saw ...

Platinum sells $24m Asia stake

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... highlighted as performance drivers over 2017, and the industry sectors which delivered positive contributions were financials, information technology and consumer discretionary.

The price is not right

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
Quo vadis inflation? The minutes of the Fed's 31 October - 1 November FOMC meeting revealed Yellen & Co's continued confusion over the unresponsiveness of consumer price inflation to undeniably solid growth in the economy. According to the minutes ...

Watermark hires global equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... performance was beset by unfavourable stock-picking conditions, value gains being offset by losses in resources and financials and "lack of exposure to the rising market in the second half of 2016." It did however, deliver consistent positive rates of ...

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... diverse opportunity set," which is far more sector-diversified than the top 100 stocks on the ASX. To illustrate, where financials occupy 40% of the ASX 100, they represent only 8% of the Small Ords. The manager also said markets are more inefficient ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... diverse opportunity set," which is far more sector-diversified than the top 100 stocks on the ASX. To illustrate, where financials occupy 40% of the ASX 100, they represent only 8% of the Small Ords. The manager also said markets are more inefficient ...

UniSuper builds equities team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... who also hailed from Bank of America Merrill Lynch working in Australian banks research, joins as a senior analyst of financials. Spence and Hill will commence their new positions in December and January respectively. UniSuper said the new appointments ...

Voting opens for 2017 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Voting is now open for the 2017 Power50 list of Australia's most influential financial advisers. Last month Financial Standard received more than 600 nominations (including multiple nominations) on who should be recognised in the 50 Most Influential ...