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PROFILE: Findex chief executive Spiro Paule

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
You do not go from running a team of six to 3,000 and become Australia's largest financial advice company in the space of 15 years without a solid business strategy. Yet for Findex chief executive Spiro Paule, a self-confessed entrepreneur, the strategy ...

From the mouths of Feds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
A small minus one day, a tiny loss the next and you'll be forgiven for barely noticing that the US stock market had been steadily losing ground all week. But add them all together and they equal something to email your momma about. All up, the S&P 500 ...

A little tweet told me

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
"Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception." -Sophocles Breakfast wasn't nice for me yesterday. Nah, Virginia, it wasn't because the toast was burnt or the bacon and eggs semi-cooked. It's because I was eating my own words with my foot in my ...

Mind over matter

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Unlike the Greek tragedies of bailout past, investors appear to be taking a mind over matter attitude towards Grexit these days - that is, if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. The performance of the markets' fear gauge - the VIX index - tells us so. ...

Former UBS chief executive launches asset management firm

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Former UBS chief executive Colin Woods has launched Pan-Tribal Asset Management. Pan-Tribal describes itself as an investment management firm geared towards "providing breadth of asset management capabilities across a range of asset classes and investment ...

Currency warriors, mount horses and draw swords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
"US Stocks Climb as Oil Gains, Pfizer Rises on Hospira Purchase" This was Bloomberg's take on the whys and the wherefores for the S&P 500 index's 1.0% rebound overnight after slipping by 0.4% the day before that was prompted by a 9% plunge in oil prices ...

Instos turn increasingly to real assets

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
Institutional investors are increasingly turning to real assets to increase investment returns and manage macro-environment risks, but would rethink allocations if interest rates rose significantly, according to a new survey from BlackRock. The survey ...

One third of first home buyers are investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
Contrary to first home buyers being frozen out of the residential property market, evidence is mounting that many of them are just shifting how they access the market. Concerns about first home buyers (FHB) being denied access to the residential property ...

Platinum backs US internet stocks and Asian infrastructure

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
Star manager Kerr Neilson's listed investment company Platinum Capital is backing out-of-favour big-name US technology companies as well as infrastructure plays in China and India. In a quarterly update to shareholders the billionaire investor said ...

QSuper number one for member satisfaction

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
QSuper has the most satisfied members of any superannuation fund in the country, according to a new report by Engaged Marketing. The 2014/15 Superannuation Benchmarking Study also found that QSuper members were most likely to recommend the fund. The ...