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CFA considers AI, robo-advice in exams

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... advice product choices. But such tools will unlikely replace engagement with human advisers for institutional investors and ultra-high net worth individuals as these groups of investors, with large portfolios and potentially diverse and complex investment ...

Pengana hires Morningstar manager ahead of merger vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Pengana Capital has appointed a new regional distribution manager for Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia, ahead of its proposed merger with Hunter Hall. Guy Callaghan joins Pengana from Morningstar, where he was a regional business ...

Wealth transfer poses advice business risk

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
While high-net-worth and ultra-high-net worth clients are attractive prospects for advice businesses, a lack of inheritance planning services could mean the end of those relationships throughout the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. ...

BNY Mellon strengthens insto team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... Gambi as director of institutional business, Australia. Gambi will focus on the institutional, corporate, government and ultra-high net worth segments, providing investment solutions from BNY Mellon's suite of investment boutiques. "We are delighted ...

La Trobe gains new ground on aged care

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... care facility. La Trobe Financial chief lending officer Cory Bannister, said this new strategy may not necessarily suit ultra-high net worths (UNHWs) or retirees that largely rely on the pension but it is a compelling offer for the bulk of the bell curve ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... he is certain the US election changed the financial market's consensus narrative. "Before 8 November, the storyline was ultra-low interest rates, deflation pressures, slow growth, um...forever - or at least the foreseeable future. After all, that really ...

Findex brings family office to the masses

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... has launched an integrated wealth management service aimed at bringing the family office model out of the domain of the ultra-rich. Suitably named Family Office, the new service aims to provide a "single point of contact" for all aspects of wealth management ...

Asia-Pacific leads global HNW population and wealth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... countries increased the number of HNWIs by 1.5 times the amount as the rest of the world to over 413,000. Asia-Pacific's Ultra-HNWI population grew by 10.2% to 37,400 and Ultra-HNWI wealth expanded by 10.8% in Asia-Pacific compared to only 0.1% for those ...

Perpetual Global Share Fund strengthens defence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... reducing its holdings in more cyclical industries such as industrials. The move comes as sectors that have benefitted from the ultra-low interest rate environment face the prospect of increased rates in the near future. "Past performance is no indication ...

ACBC launches additional XTB model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... alternative to cash or short-term TD products. The portfolio is based on senior floating-rate bank bonds, which have demonstrated ultra-low price volatility between 0.2% and 0.3% p.a., over the long term. ACBC believes the solution is likely to appeal ...