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Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Smart beta strategies are gaining popularity among investors, but financial advisers are exercising caution and waiting for the market to develop further in Australia. Financial Keys principal, Mark Causer, told Financial Standard that he tends to recommend ...

Wilson HTM shareholders approve acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
Wilson HTM shareholders have voted in favour of the new ownership structure as the business appointed a Deutsche Bank director to head the capital markets division. This is the last step of a process that has seen ASX-listed Wilson HTM Investment Group ...

PwC acquires Smorgon family office business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
PwC has acquired David Smorgon's family office business, Pointmade, in a bid to bolster its family wealth division. Following the acquisition, David Smorgon was appointed executive chairman of PwC's family, business and wealth practice in private clients. ...

Australia's largest unrated bond issue closes at $85m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Australia's largest unrated bond issue by rail freight operator SCT Logistics has closed its $85 million offer oversubscribed. FIIG Securities acted as sole originator for the dual-tenor issue, which comprised a four-year floating rate note series of ...

Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Reinforcing concerns over rising Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... usually the best way to have a feel of what's happening on the ground. In nine out of the 10 apartments we visited, the owner told us what the price was... and then added: But if you're willing to pay in cash, then it's half price." This dissuaded Moore ...

Philo in growth mode after losing key mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... increasing mergers and acquisitions, Sanders noted that this kind of situation is "an issue for any business, but as a business owner your job is to be able to offer a point of differentiation and add value, because there's always that competitive pressure." ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors are reducing holdings in cash and term deposits and listed shares according to the latest data from OneVue. Reduction rates in these investment classes have slowed over the past two years yet they still ...

Boutique managers consistently outperform: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Active boutique fund managers have consistently outperformed both non-boutique peers and indices over the past 20 years, global research found. US-based Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) study The boutique premium found that over the last two decades ...

US fiduciary rule fight not slowing down

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... seller's exception to market one's services or products to a retail customer or even to sell a plan to a small business owner," he said. To reinforce his argument, Bentsen said the practice of retail wealth management groups switching investors from ...