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Kerr Neilson: Against the grain

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
Mark Smith speaks to Platinum Asset Management co-founderA Kerr Neilson on his views about philanthropy, his contrarian approach to investing and opportunities in the SMSF sector. The Neilson family certainly isn't afraid to go against conventional ...

Another Genesys executive leaves amid AMP restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Genesys Wealth Advisers head of leaders program and strategic alliances has left the AMP-aligned business, following the redundancies of five other managers in January. Andrew Kennedy has now left Genesys and started a new role as head of distribution ...

Towers Watson wins Kinetic Super contract

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Kinetic Super has reappointed Towers Watson as its asset consultant for another three years following an "extensive review process". Paul Kessell, chief investment officer of the $2.5 billion super fund, said Kinetic Super's investment strategy focuses ...

SMSF flexibility makes them error prone

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Self-managed super funds not being required to report to their members is one of the reasons these funds are vulnerable to compliance problems. Speaking at this week's Financial Services Technical Services forum, AMP SMSF Administration head of technical ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
"Movin' on up Nothing can stop me Moving on up" - M People The Philippines has not made international headlines since Super Typhoon Haiyan wrought severe destruction in the country on 8 November 2013. To this day, rebuilding of infrastructures, homes ...

David Kiddie resurfaces at BNP Paribas UK

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2014
Former AMP Capital chief investment officer David Kiddie has been appointed chief executive officer of BNP Paribas Investment Partners' (BNPP IP) Institutional Business Line. Kiddie, who is British, left AMP Capital in December last year after four ...

Japan's 1997 deja vu

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Despite market optimism over 'Abenomics' and widespread expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would eventually announce further expansion of monetary policy, Japan's stock market continues to trend lower. The Nikkei-225 index has sunk by 11.4% so ...

JANA awards $385m mandate to Californian manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
JANA Investment Advisers (JANA) has awarded a $385 million global equity mandate Los Angeles-based asset manager Causeway Capital Management. Specifically, the mandate was awarded to Causeway's developed markets large-cap strategy Global Value Equity. ...

PM Capital Emerging Asia added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
The PM Capital Emerging Asia Fund has been added to the Macquarie Wrap platform. PM Capital is a bottom-up stock-picker whose approach is based on fundamental analysis. The fund manager said that this philosophy is important to differentiate the strategy ...

Altair AM joins HUB24 platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
Altair Asset Management's Income Portfolio and Concentrated Portfolio are available on the HUB24 investment platform. "The HUB24 platform is ideally suited to our [separately managed account] SMA strategy given their broad dealer group coverage and ...