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New super product for investment savvy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... assets such as property and the more 'exotic' assets available through SMSFs are excluded, clients can invest in the top 500 ASX-listed securities; listed Australian shares; exchange-traded funds (ETFs); exchange-traded commodities; hybrid securities ...

MDA provider builds custom solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... be able to efficiently and transparently manage a broader range of investments for clients, including direct investment in ASX-listed securities. The Wealth Partnership director Tony Rumble said high-net-worth and SMSF clients want to see exactly where ...

Real Asset Management embraces SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... Credit SMA and its Listed Interest Rate Securities SMA strategies are concentrated on tax-effective income generation in the ASX-listed credit universe, including direct securities and exchange-traded products and with a bias to direct exposure. RAM ...

HESTA stands up to all-male boards

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... would vote against the most senior director up for election in those companies with all male boards. A 2016 joint KPMG and ASX analysis of diversity disclosure at listed companies found few in the S&P/ASX 200 disclosed numerical diversity targets. Bloomberg ...

Xero seeks global growth, director steps down

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... than one million globally, and expects to reach half-a-million subscribers in Australia. Since 2016 the company share price (ASX: XRO) has increased from around $17 in July 2016 to $24.44 today, a price which Xero Limited hasn't reached since March 2015. ...

Countplus launches scholarship

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
ASX-listed financial planning dealer group Countplus launched an annual scholarship program for its senior leaders. Recipients of the Barry Lambert Harvard Business School Scholarship will undertake the 'Leading professional service firms' executive ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Australian banks are one of the best performing sectors for climate-related disclosure and sustainability reporting according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. In its 10th annual corporate sustainability report, which assesses the ...

ASX appoints new senior executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... current chief information officer for the Commonwealth Bank's Commsec and Private Bank will join the executive lineup of the ASX in September. Dan Chesterman has been appointed as the ASX's new chief information officer, reporting to chief operating ...

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... Nguyen added. "The most notable market capitalisation biases among our rated funds were the average underweight to the S&P/ASX 20 (13%), and the average 7% overweight to stocks outside of the S&P/ASX 200 Index," he said.

Banks continue campaign to discredit SA bank tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... would prove harmful to Australians, highlighting that while the bank's profits are large, they are less than that of some ASX-listed companies and are largely passed on to shareholders - 35,000 South Australian shareholders received $146 million in dividends ...