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150,000 candidates cramming for CFA exams

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
Almost 150,000 candidates from 179 countries are gearing up to sit six hours of examinations for their Level I, II and III CFA qualifications on Saturday. The number of exam registrations for this year's December 2013 to June 2014 exam cycle exceeds ...

Dynamic approach key to low volatility investing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
Institutional investors turning to low volatility equity strategies to help manage risk in their portfolios must be prepared to take a very active and flexible approach, leading proponents of the strategy have warned. Low volatility equity investing ...

AusSuper grants London property mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... and exceed our clients' objectives and utilise our in-house development expertise to deliver both new and improved world class buildings back into the market at the right time. We look forward to leveraging off this experience in order to deliver value ...

Noble departs ASFA, joins Inflection Point Capital

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
Gordon Noble has left his position as director of investments and economy at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) to join Inflection Point Capital Management (IPCM). Noble said he was leaving ASFA after three years "to pursue ...

ASIC reviews misleading promotion of hybrids

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
Hybrid securities providers can expect a high level of scrutiny from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), according to the regulator's chairman Greg Medcraft. Speaking at the Stockbrokers Association of Australia's annual conference ...

Hunter Hall divests from fossil fuels

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014
Ethical investor Hunter Hall has become the second fund in two days to announce it will introduce fossil fuel screening into its investment criteria, following a similar announcement by AMP Capital on Wednesday. However, while AMP Capital's screen focuses ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
AMP Capital's new fossil fuel screening criteria will have little direct impact on investments, resulting in just two divestments and the exclusion of only one extra ASX 200-listed Australian company from the 'investible universe'. Yesterday AMP Capital ...

Survey reveals investors greatest fear in 2014

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... years, confidence in equities continues. Just over half (51%) of investors believe equities will be the best performing asset class over the next three months and 58% believe equities will outperform all other asset classes over the next five years. ...

PE outperforms ASX and super funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... skills. The 10- to 15-year returns demonstrate how investors with long-term horizons have been the big winners from this asset class," said El-Ansary. Release of the report is the latest step in AVCAL trying to encourage institutional investors to consider ...

AFA upgrades Female Excellence award with business scholarship

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2014 Female Excellence in Advice Award, which this year includes a master class for finalists at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM). The award recognises the contributions of women in financial ...