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BTFG navigates wealth management headwinds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2016
... Cooper said BTFG has achieved significant strategic milestones despite operating in a challenging environment. "Our key performance measures are positive despite the wealth management industry being adversely impacted by a number of headwinds. We have ...

EM currencies potential alpha source

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... bottom of the currency cycle but when one looks at current valuations and fundamentals, it is difficult to see worse performance ahead," he said.

Trump and Brexit comes back to haunt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
... from a decent 7.0% to a mere 2.2%. The S&P 500's - and other major equity markets around the world - full-year 2016 performance largely depends on how to key events risks unfold. Trump and Brexit. Everyone and his dog are fretting about 'em all around ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... the largest investor in The Benevolent Society's Social Benefit Bond. Three years in to the five-year bond shows a performance percentage of 19%, which would theoretically provide returns of 6% for capital protected investors and 10.5% for capital exposed ...

ANZ mulls selling wealth business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... today, ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott told a media briefing its wealth business is "not the driving force of our performance." "And we can't do everything, even as a large business," Elliott added. "We've been thinking about this for some time. We ...

SMSF trustees remain prudent investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
SMSF data from the ATO and APRA shows trustees in self-managed super are maintaining solid investment performance and managing portfolio diversification well. SMSF Association head of technical Peter Hogan said ATO statistics show that in four of the ...

Consultum rewards star advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
... including demonstrating excellence in areas such as professionalism, advice outcomes, client satisfaction, financial performance and contributing to the financial literacy of clients. The full list of 2016 Consultum awards are: Adviser of the Year - ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2016
Australia performance of manufacturing The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index bounced back into expansion territory with a reading of 50.9 in October after two months of contraction (below 50) - 46.9 in August 49.8 ...

Rainmaker Information selected by CANSTAR

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2016
... individual insurance policy options, 51 extra benefits and services categories and more than 24 years of historical fund performance data.

Future Fund surges to $123 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
The Future Fund has issued its 2016 annual report confirming that its investment performance is ahead of its long term target benchmark. The Future Fund, now valued at $123 billion, was established in 2006 as a fiscal fund to offset Australia's ballooning ...