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PROFILE: Magellan chief investment officer Hamish Douglass

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... Douglass says that the disclosure is far more stringent than in the unlisted space where funds are not required to reveal anything. Meanwhile, traditional listed investment companies don't even have to publish their net tangible asset value every day. ...

Women fail to break into the industry's last boys club

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... Catherine Allfrey said that she has not seen much change in the presence of women in the sector over the last years and, if anything, the overall number has decreased. "Lots of women took redundancy packages during the GFC. In investment banks and stockbroking ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... we feel our clients are lucky to get exposure to those particular managers." The changing adviser value proposition If anything, Hamilton believes the rise of managed accounts in financial advice is more to do with the wider regulatory climate and a ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
The head of a large Australian superannuation fund once complained that a young employee at AAS didn't know anything about the super industry. Little did they know almost a decade later that same employee would be chief executive at AvSuper. Darren ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
... I type - Heyon, marriage equality and that renewed push for an Australian Republic. And who's to say Tony didn't get anything done? He stopped the boats didn't he? Sadly, if the current thrust in Australian political dynamics continues, I fear that the ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... explained. "It's entirely possible the family office sector is systemically important. We just have no way of knowing anything about it," he said, adding that family office investors are not subject to the same public scrutiny as institutions and, as ...

Australia: which way now?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... risk". But alas! The Prime Minister and the Treasurer of the day are more worried about hanging onto their seats than anything else and at this very moment is in the midst of debate over that confidence-enhancing, employment-producing, growth-supporting ...

Frydenberg slams modern awards as poorly-conceived

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... default fund selection, he said that the Federal Court has described the process as confusing. "In considering what, if anything should be put in its place, the government will first and foremost seek to make sure that all MySuper products are of the ...

September -- morn or mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2015
... September lift-off today, so that's what they see, heard and think... today. Tomorrow is another day. Surely, there isn't anything wrong if the Fed lifts interest rates - even tomorrow - if it knows for sure that the economy would be able to handle it ...

Obsession with stability is killing returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... investment and consumer staple stocks could be risky investments. "People have been developing an obsession for stability. Anything that feels comfortable, people are overpaying for and people are shunning volatility like the plague," she said, and added ...