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Macquarie leads alternatives pack

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... change, with those willing to offer greater transparency and display value for money likely to prosper going forward." One-third of alternative assets were held in pension funds, followed by wealth managers (15%), sovereign wealth funds (5%), endowments ...

Digital revamp for Citi wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... execute trades and track products. One area of success is webinars and video streaming which connects clients to in-house and third-party experts or conference in a specialist - it functions much like Google Hangouts, Selva said. This is where the bank ...

EU markets directive to reshape global alternatives

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) policies globally - for those firms delegating portfolio management to a third country, this figure rises to 90%. These findings are based on a survey conducted by the Alternative Investment Management ...

Stronger growth sans inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... the second quarter from 12 in the first quarter. This is the highest level since the first quarter of 2014 and marks the third consecutive quarter of rising confidence. The same is true for small Japanese manufacturers with the index rising from 5 in ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... its lowest level in 54 months to 5.5% in May, consumer sentiment has been steadily falling - down to 96.2 in May for its third straight month of decline. Unconfident consumers are not spending consumers... more so when their wages are sluggish. Total ...

EOFY: Super funds to hit double digit returns

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... returns since the GFC breaking through 90%. SelectingSuper expects the buoyant investment returns could see more than one third of MySuper products break double digits. Driving the returns this financial year is that in four of the past five years superannuation ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... pressures. Asset managers finding it difficult to achieve scale will turn to outsourcing, particularly for trade executions as third-party platforms offer greater efficiencies. In the next year, managers are planning to outsource fund accounting, investment ...

New role builds Suncorp Marketplace momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... head Suncorp Marketplace - the cornerstone of the business' strategy for improving the distribution of Suncorp's brand and third-party products. Promoted to the role of chief program excellence officer, Lisa Harrison will be responsible for the co-ordination ...

Australia a nation changing fast: Census

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... culturally diverse. Fifty years ago in 1966 just 18% of Australians were overseas-born, today this ratio is 26%. In 1966 one third of these people were born in England but today this share has plummeted to 15%. The proportion from New Zealand also decreased ...

Link Group makes $1.5bn UK acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... funded partially by cash and available debt facilities and an $883 million fully-underwritten capital raising. CAS provides third-party administration services to asset management businesses in the UK and Europe, along with share registration, trustee ...