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May sell may go away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... tempted to speculate that it's the calendar... it's May -- the month of the year when we're advised to sell and go away! As Jeff Hirsch -- editor-in-chief of the Stock Trader's Almanac - writes, "May begins the "Worst Six Months" for the DJIA and S&P. ...

New insurance industry guidance on its way

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2016
... be maintained. Also speaking at the session named "An industry plan for sustainable insurance" was CHR Consulting actuary Jeff Humphreys who said the insurance market suffered a profitability "crisis" during 2013 which saw a withdrawal of capital and ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... possible return available in markets on the table, according to Vanguard head of investment strategy group Asia Pacific, Jeff Johnson. Addressing an audience of financial planning and accounting professionals at the SMSF Association National Adviser ...

Future Fund awarded sovereign investor of 2015

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Australia's $118 billion sovereign wealth fund has been recognised for its restrained decision not to increase risk to chase returns in 2015, collecting sovereign investor of the year at the 2016 Central Banking Awards. Managing director of the Future ...

AZ NGA acquires seventh practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... swap of the practice's equity for AZ NGA shares with a progressive 10-year buy-back. RI Toowoomba is owned and operated by Jeff and Linda English. Commenting on the acquisition (which is expected to close in January 2016), Jeff said, ""It's great to ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Vanguard will launch four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to ...

Macquarie advisers defect to start independent firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
Four senior executives and financial planners from Macquarie Private Wealth (MPW) have left the group to start their own non-aligned boutique advice firm. Jeffrey Wrightson, Stephen Thaxter, Chris Forrest and Nina Kazmierczak have set up Sovereign Wealth ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... discrimination in one area allows discrimination to flourish in all areas." J.P. Morgan head of markets in Australia and New Zealand Jeff Herbert-Smith is quoted by AME saying: "We recognise, like many other Australian and international organisations ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Flows into passive strategies have forced active fund managers to lower their fees, global research by US-based management consultant Casey Quirk has found. Passive strategies accounted for 93% of total net new flows at registered products in the United ...