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Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

QIC hires senior infrastructure execs

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
QIC has hired two senior infrastructure executives to lead its US and UK/European infrastructure operations. Geoff Chatas will lead the infrastructure business in North America from the firm's New York City office and Giles Tucker will lead the UK and ...

'Patient' Party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
"Word has finished searching the selection. The search item was not found. Do you want to search the remainder of the document?" Yes please, sir. Nah, it still couldn't find "patient" - or "patience" - in the Fed's monetary policy statement (that I ...

CalPERS meetings open to members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
Australian pension funds, both not-for-profit and retail, may pride themselves on their governance and transparency but US pension fund giant CalPERS shows how far behind they are on world's best practice. CalPERS, the A$375 billion California public ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower after Wall Street fell on renewed anxiety over falling oil prices and the rising US dollar. At 0805 AEDT on Monday, the March share price index futures contract was down 11 points at 5,801. In local economic ...

Henderson to launch Australian global equity income fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
Citing an increased demand for yield locally, Henderson chief executive Andrew Formica announced the fund manager would be launching a global equity income fund for the Australian market in the coming months. Formica noted the dearth of similar products ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The share market is lower, with falls in all sectors, despite a strong lead from Wall Street. The US market rallied overnight on shockingly low retail sales data, which bolstered the case for keeping US interest rates low. The Australian market enjoyed ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... Plan For Life (PFL) recognised Australia's top insurers and life risk products at a black tie event in Sydney last night. TAL received the overall Platinum Award and the Trauma award, and was a finalist in the award categories of Service Quality and ...

ECT reforms pass Senate

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... punitive rate of tax on those who made inadvertent contributions over the caps," says Reece Agland, Head of Superannuation at TAL. "When the concessional contribution cap was $50,000 it was less of an issue, as few mistakes were made. However when the ...

XPLAN is top-rated financial planning software

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
IRESS' XPLAN has been rated Australia's best financial planning software in Investment Trends' 2014 Planning Software Benchmarking Report. After XPLAN, the next highest-rated planning applications were Rubik Coin and AdviserNETgain. The report also ...