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Bennelong fund added to two platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
The Bennelong Concentrated Australian Equities Fund has been added to the Macquarie and BT Wrap platforms. Managed by Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) the fund has achieved an average annual return of 17.49% since inception. The Concentrated ...

Make advice go viral

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Financial planning practices should be more engaged with social media in order to spread the benefits of financial advice and build consumer trust. The pressure on businesses to have a digital presence is ever increasing, with the societal expectation ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... Blackstone has purchased a portfolio of 16 US multifamily apartment assets for US$748 million. Purchased from SPIRE CAPITAL, the sale is part of SPIRE's progressive exit of the underlying US ROC II fund managed by SPIRE's US private equity real estate ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
US existing home sales Are American homebuyers front-running the expected increase in the fed funds rate next month? Existing home sales jumped by 2.0% to a seasonally adjusted annualised rate of 5.6 million units in October. This is the highest level ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Australia CB leading indicator The Conference Board leading economic index for Australia advanced by 0.5% to a reading of 104.5 in September from 104.0 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since April last year and takes the year-on-year ...

Former Ascalon head joins boutique firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
Blue Quay Investment Management has strengthened its leadership team, appointing a former Ascalon executive. Rob Lance, most recently head of Australia for Ascalon, has taken on the role of principal, sales and strategy at Blue Quay. With more than ...

Saving super from Tinder sex bots

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Customer expectations have irrevocably shifted in the era of "service aggregation" and super funds ignore this at their peril, according to Telesign chief executive Aled Miles. Speaking at the 2016 Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference ...

Australian private equity driving M&A

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Australian private equity has boosted M&A activity by 16% over the last year, according to MinterEllison. New research from the law firm shows the healthcare sector was the biggest contributor to this, with private equity activity increasing significantly ...

SG Hiscock hires EQT exec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
SG Hiscock & Company has appointed a new general manager - strategy and operations. Rowena Cole was previously general manager - strategy and development, corporate trustee services at Equity Trustees. Prior to that, she was EQT's national manager ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
A former senior financial services executive who less than 12 months ago went out on a limb to set up his own business has signed a $500 million investment mandate - with another $500 million in the works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based ...