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ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... 25 Tuckwell Scholarships will be awarded to students who show a willingness to give back to their community as well as academic promise. Canberra-born Tuckwell is the founder of ETF Securities and is responsible for bringing the first gold and oil ETFs ...

Search for yield to become more acute: Fidelity

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
... high-quality income generating stocks reasserts itself. "Importance of dividends to total returns is often underestimated. Academic studies show that buying income-generating shares, and reinvesting dividends, is an effective way to invest over the longer-term ...

Asset consultants influence to grow amid industry change

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... asset consultants are the major gatekeepers and are our biggest concern as we look to penetrate the super fund market." Academic research puts the costs of third-party asset consultants at as much as 2-3% in terms of performance, and some commentators ...

Super reforms hasten fund consolidation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
... fund managers acting on behalf of super funds. With so many funds this leads to a lot of duplication," he said. Recent academic research has shown that the costs of third party agents can drag performance by as much as 2%. Chesler added: "The largest ...

Fidelity's Taylor kicks-off scholarship

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
... themselves through a Masters in Finance at the London-based institution. The scholarship will be available from the 2013-14 academic year, and be awarded annually, providing the winner with a 20,000 GBP sterling scholarship. The recipient will be determined ...

ISN expand policy and research team

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012
... analyst and at the Royal Bank of Scotland as a quantitative analyst-equity research. Zaheed brings to ISN industry and academic experience in economics and financial markets, with a special focus on the social and economic infrastructure of Australia. ...

Blue Sky names investment manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
... energy and housing. Tim Wilson, managing director at Blue Sky Private Equity, said McMurdo's professional experience and academic qualifications made him an ideal candidate. "Lachlan's time at Bain & Company saw him consistently outperform expectations ...

ACCI calls for right to sue foreign govs

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a campaign for trade agreements to include on a case-by-case basis provisions allowing private companies to sue foreign governments. Known as Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions ...

Stammer joins Centric Wealth investment committee

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... and experienced market economists in Australia and Asia with a career spanning over 50 years. Starting his career as an academic economist before moving to the Reserve Bank and progressing to become deputy chief manager, he has held numerous senior private ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
There is the good news. The EU finally came through and is about to implement its first set of "breakthroughs" agreed upon at last month's summit. Eurozone finance ministers shook hands on the a,-100 billion aid promised to Spain, with an initial downpayment ...