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Bravura gives VicSuper tech overhaul

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
VicSuper has laid down an ambition to be "the vanguard of personalised digital service delivery" not only for its 240,000 members, but for the wider superannuation industry. That ambition is being helped by the announcement of a partnership extension ...

App lets Australians invest pocket change

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... round up daily purchases and invest the "change" into a diversified exchange-traded fund portfolio. Acorns, created by father-son business Acorns Grow in 2012, was released in the US in 2014 and has since accrued over two million downloads. It gives ...

Down but upbeat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2016
Thank heavens for 'Australia Day'! The holiday saved us, Australians all, from being whipsawed by the big swings in oil prices and on Wall Street. But there's even greater reason to remain optimistic - if not rejoice - for even before we downed our ...

Perpetual appoints investments chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
Perpetual has appointed a new group executive, Perpetual Investments. David Kiddie joins Perpetual from PNP Paribas Investment Partners, where he was chief executive of institutional business. Prior to that, he was chief investment officer at AMP Capital's ...

PIMCO appoints world leaders to advisory board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
PIMCO has appointed five world leaders to a newly-created Global Advisory Board that will contribute to the firm on global economic, political and strategic developments. The board will be chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. The ...

Fairy tales may come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
We all know the saying, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings", well, last night... she did. Read her lips and hear her sonata: "Were the FOMC to delay the start of policy normalization for too long, we would likely end up having to tighten policy ...

BT makes three investment hires

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
BT Investment Solutions has appointed Corrin Collocott to the newly-created position of head of diversified portfolio management, super and investment in its investment management team. Collocott joins BT with more than 20 years' experience working ...

AMP adviser, former Shadforth exec join Fortnum

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015
... was previously the managing director of SFG Australia and the chief executive of Shadforth Financial Group before that. His son, Matthew Fenning, also joined Fortnum as a principal and adviser at Sydney practice Fortuity Strategic Advisors. Fenning joins ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with ...

Confused and confounded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Here we go again, folks. It'll be another week of backwards and forwards betting on that never-ending, world-changing question of the "when" of the Fed lift-off. Earlier this year, it was so easy. Lift-off soon chatters - back then June was the month ...