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Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... investors had pulled a net $8.2 billion (US$6.8 billion) from hedge funds since the beginning of 2015. Professor Stephen Brown from the New York University Stern School of Business has been studying hedge funds for close to four decades and has even ...

H&R Block launches SMSF set-up service

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... conventional super funds and they take the view that they can do better themselves," said H&R Block super specialist Kimberlee Brown, who is leading the new division. "H&R Block's approach to SMSF's is drawn from the same philosophy that guides our tax ...

Infrastructure deals fall as valuations skyrocket

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
The average deal size for infrastructure investments has risen by 56% in the last three years, according to Preqin research. The average deal size in 2015 is roughly $852 million, compared to $546 million in 2013. Perhaps as a result, the total number ...

NAS provides new corporate actions service

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... comprehensive corporate action data ever available in Australia." NAB Asset Servicing executive general manager, Matthew Brown, said the new service highlights a continued approach in incorporating and delivering the latest industry developments for ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... where he is now: Michael Lewis's autobiography, Liar's Poker, and the sight of fresh blood. The chief executive of Stanford Brown was 20 years old and studying biochemistry when he picked up a copy of Lewis's book and realised he was both too squeamish ...

Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... meeting the obligation of advisers to select products that meet the best interests of clients." Boutique advice group Stanford Brown, which specialises in serving the medical sector and private wealth clients, said an excessively aggressive focus on ...

Plus ca change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... will be held over the next seven days to try and avoid catastrophe". That's another two more after today. To quote Rita Mae Brown, "If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done". Never mind if Greek banks don't open today - reports say that ...

The unborn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... Brothers - the Fed and the US Treasury also thought they were prepared to let it go (let it go) in October 2008 and then the brown stuff hit the whirling stuff. Grexit, if it happens, takes us to uncharted waters where anything can happen - bad or good. ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... healthy we will be in the later years of our working life and what our financial position will be." NATSEM's Professor Laurie Brown added: "Currently, the majority of Australians leave the workforce before the age of 65. "With the possibility of this ...

AMP Capital fundamental equities head retires

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
AMP Capital's head of fundamental equities has announced her retirement. Ella Brown joined the company in 2011, where she oversaw many aspects of AMP Capital's Global equities and fixed income division. Prior to that, she held non-executive investment ...