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Managed accounts usage to grow 38%

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
The number of independent financial advice practices using managed accounts is set to grow by over 38% over the quarter, Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) said. The managed accounts provider said that an additional 10 boutique licensees are in the process ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
"Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would." - 'El Condor Pasa' by Simon & Garfunkel After all the dissecting, de-constructing and probing of the October FOMC statement for missing/added words, phrases and sentences, financial markets came up with ...

IAG appoints COO from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
IAG has appointed a new chief operating officer. Mark Milliner joins the IAG executive team from Suncorp, where he was chief executive personal insurance. He has held numerous other roles at the $17 billion insurance group since 1994, including general ...

90 West founder steps down

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
The founder of 90 West Asset Management, Clive Landale, has after more than seven years decided to step down from the business to return to his farming and agricultural interests. Landale founded 90 West in 2008, managing an absolute return fund which ...

December lift-off, yeah, sure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2015
"and I swear (I swear) by the moon and the stars..." Whoops, sorry folks, I got carried away with "All 4 One's" tune. What I meant to type is, I swear this has happened once before. You know, the time when Wall Street "rejoiced" at the more likely than ...

Administrator buys Asia-Pacific hedge fund business

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
The fund branch of an Australian boutique administrator has acquired the Asia-Pacific hedge fund administration business of Alter Domus. MainstreamBPO announced its US$1 million initial purchase price to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and ...

Not this year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2015
With data like these, there's just no way Josie, er... Janet. If Janet were true to her word that the Fed's policy actions are data dependent, then the latest data servings from USA Inc. have locked in the status quo for at least until 2015 turns into ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
Ho ho ho and ha ha ha. The truth is out. Wall Street dipped overnight and so did the Euro Stoxx 50 - after their strong gains of the past week because, wait for it......because investors suddenly realised that the ECB and the PBOC's early Christmas ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
"You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you why..." Central banks are coming to town - and they've loaded lots of toys and goodies on their sleigh. Back to back central bank stimulus measure surprises - promised and ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Merry Xmas to you too, signore Draghi Only two days before, most have given up expecting more goodies from "Super 'whatever it takes' Mario". No mas, not after the ECB's Bank Lending Survey showed that QE is doing what's intended to do - ease lending ...