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CFA societies launch advocacy council

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... and has access to the extensive resources of the CFA Institute globally. Acting council chair and president CFA Society Sydney, Anthony Serhan, said through the advocacy council "we will use our collective knowledge and experience to identify industry ...

US growth stable due to resilient consumer-base

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... Principal Global Investors chief global economist Bob Baur. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Baur contextualised the current state of global markets by saying that "in order to look ahead to make a forecast you ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... of large allocators wanting to go to 20% looking across the spectrum of alternatives." Speaking to Financial Standard in Sydney yesterday, Kodmani pointed out that in the last five years US public plans had doubled their alternatives allocation from ...

Synchron debuts new risk advice solution

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... the fixed term level life insurance product it has developed jointly with AIA Australia. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Synchron director Don Trapnell said the idea came about after researching how life insurance products were sold in the UK. ...

Global central banks going for the cut

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... economist and head of Australian research Su-Lin Ong. Speaking at the 2016 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, Ong noted recent sharp moves in equity markets in Asia and oil price fluctuations as having a measurable impact on global ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... Budden spoke of the enormous opportunity created by what he called "the second machine age" at a recent media briefing in Sydney. "One of the key forces in play is the displacement of labour by machines. Some of this is factory automation or services ...

DomaCom raises $8m in pre-IPO capital

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... exceed nearly 4000 investors who have pledged about $58 million. The $8 million pre-IPO capital raising was managed by Sydney based corporate advisory firm Axstra Capital along with joint lead manager Pulse Markets. DomaCom's objective is to allow investors ...

Risks are overstated: AUI

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... opportunities to make good investments, according to Australian Unity Investments' joint venture asset managers. At a briefing in Sydney, Wingate Asset Management chief investment officer Chad Padowitz said while there is a lot of focus on the ailing ...

Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... healthcare was the sleeping giant of the Australian economy. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday, Toth said healthcare in Australia employs more people than any other industry - currently up to about 13% of the ...

Aussie economy rebalancing okay

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... is widely appreciated, according to a UBS chief economist. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney today, Australia and New Zealand managing director Scott Haslem said lower interest rates in Australia have helped cash-flow ...