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Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Responsible entity and trustee service provider Fundhost has appointed a new joint chief executive. Drew Wilson was previously head of sales for the fund administrator, a position he took on in 2011. Prior to that, he was principal analyst at Turnstone ...

Super decades away from maturity

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The maturity of Australia's superannuation system is under scrutiny and industry representatives have weighed in on how super will progress from its relatively successful childhood. Speaking at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle on Friday, BT Financial ...

Super and pension work together

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Common misunderstandings about the interplay between superannuation and the age pension are driving public uncertainty about Australia's retirement income system. This is the conclusion of the Super Reality Check report developed by Vidler Policy and ...

FEATURE: Custody under review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Custodians are a vital organ for super funds and asset managers. Darren Snyder explores the trillion-dollar industry. The $2.6 trillion Australian custody market has been highly active during the past 18 months and continues to be watched as several ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
An obsession with stability is moving investors away from all kinds of opportunities; from healthcare and IT mega caps to tobacco, fracking or coal, according to Ariel Investments chief investment officer of international and global equities Rupal J. ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Scratch September. Make that December. That's the Fed lift-off Virginia. And just so you and I don't miss that point, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) even quoted Douglas Borthwick -- head of foreign exchange Chapdelaine & Co - saying that, "I'm ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after falls on Wall Street where weakness in petroleum-linked equities weighed on stocks following poor earnings from ExxonMobil and Chevron and a drop in oil prices At 0820 AEST on Monday, the September ...

Watching out for the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
I wasn't missing a few screws after all. Yesterday, I ranted and admitted on this space that I was confused with Wall Street's reaction - it was up strongly - despite "headlines upon headlines alluding to a September lift-off". "Wall Street's positive ...

Citi launches fintech challenge

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
Citi is launching the Asia-Pacific Mobile Challenge, a competition for fintech developers to build mobile tools for Citi's digital platform. Australian developers will compete with others across the APAC region and will demonstrate their ideas at Citi-hosted ...

Reading too much out of nothing at all

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
It's out!...and it didn't surprise. Yes Virginia, there were no surprises in the Fed's decision to keep monetary policy unchanged after it concluded its 28-29 tete-a-tete. But what was surprising was Wall Street's reaction - the Dow and the S&P 500 ...