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Yarra Capital executive joins AUI board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... over the longer term. About 40% of its investments were in financials and insurance, as at June 2017. It is invested in the big four banks: CBA (8%), ANZ (7%), WestPac (6%) and NAB (6%). AUI added Challenger and Macquaire Atlas Roads Group to its portfolio ...

Social media singles out ASIC in Royal Commission coverage

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
ASIC was a specific target by social media commentators during the first round of hearings for the Royal Commission into Australia's biggest providers of financial advice. Commentators on Twitter were broadly critical of ASIC's attempts to police and ...

WHSP appoints new chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company has appointed a new chief financial officer after the incumbent resigned from the position. The post will be filled by David Grbin, who most recently was the CFO of Grays eCommerce. Grbin has worked in various ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... story of effective content distribution, being where your clients are at a time that suits them," Loneragan said. "Time is a big issue, many advisers recognise the importance of social media however simply don't have the time to commit to it." He describes ...

Royal Commission must cast net wider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... providers of financial advice, albeit with some noticeable absences. During the Commission's second round of hearings the big four banks and AMP will appear, as will privately-owned dealer group, Dover. However, there are commentators suggesting the ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... Wealth partnered with Advanced Analytics Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS AAi) to use machine learning and big data to build a more reliable application and assessment process. UTS AAi associate professor Guandong Xu said it would ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... time held a 19.88% share in 8IP, petitioned to remove Kerry Series, Jonathan Sweeney and Tony McDonald over investments in Big Un Limited. A small cap stock, Big Un ballooned spectacularly last year before it was exposed to be allegedly kicking back ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Retail investors losing money on recent short volatility strategies indicates ETF providers have a bigger role to play in education, according to global SPDR chair Jim Ross. Speaking at a media roundtable in Sydney, Ross said it was paramount that investors ...

Industry fund invests $100 million in renewable energy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
One of Australia's largest superannuation funds acquired a $100 million stake in a renewable energy portfolio as part of a co-investment with a Dutch fund. Cbus and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund will hold 80.1% of the investment portfolio known as Bright ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... struggle to deliver capital growth in coming years, the investment manager said. "Looking at the ASX top 20 - right across the big banks, miners, supermarkets and Telstra - there's nothing that looks very attractive in terms of growth, so it is a perfect ...