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Balanced portfolios better than chasing winners: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018
... move positions too quickly for investors wishing to jump on the coattails of a short-term winner. Latest research from Russell Investments finds Australian investors with long-term investment goals should seek diversification in their portfolios instead ...

Royal Commission cracks down on life insurance phone sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... your client's authorisation for us to cancel their policies," Let's Insure said. Select AFSL managing director Russell Howden admitted that in hindsight "we pushed our agents" and this practice was "regrettable." Some staff members were incentivised ...

ASX-listed multi-boutique names new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... co-founder. Before joining Pacific Current, he established Greenwood Investment Consulting and was director of US equity at Russell Investments prior to that. In his new role, he will remain in the US at Pacific Current's office in Tacoma, Washington. ...

Russell Master Trust COO departs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
The chief operating officer of Russell Investments' Master Trust and Russell iQ platform has left the company after about 15 years. Jason Marler joined Russell in 2004 as a senior product manager before taking on his most recent role three years ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... one would think that Wall Street is against strong(er) growth. All major benchmark indices - DJIA, S&P 500, Nasdaq and Russell 2000 - closed lower after the Fed announced the widely-anticipated 25 basis point hike in the fed funds rate to 1.75%-2% at ...

Promotions at Zenith to capitalise on growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... investment analyst and was named head of research in November 2012. Prior to Zenith she held roles with Lonsec, Future Fund and Russell Investments. While Moncrieff will retain the head of research position, Zenith said some of her responsibilities will ...

Argo chairman retires

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... offering, which at the time was the largest IPO of its kind for a LIC. Appointed as his successor in both chairmanships is Russell Higgins, who has served as an Argo non-executive director since 2011. In its statement Argo's LIC said the board held the ...

Blue Sky director resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... as a director of Yarra Capital Management, as a member of Altius Asset Management's investment advisory committee and Russell Investment's investment committee. Before these roles, he was group chief executive of Perpetual Investments, equities chief ...

BlackRock confirms iShares delisting timetable

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... Exchange and re- domiciling 14 from US to Australia to cut taxes for investors. The scrapped iShares ETFs were indexed to Russell 2000, MSCI Singapore, Global Telecom, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI BRIC. The group's ticker codes are: IRU, IXP, ISG, IHK and ...

BlackRock restructures iShares ETFs

KANIKA SOOD, KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... plans to start the restructure after the end of financial year in July. The five dropped iShares ETFs were indexed to Russell 2000, MSCI Singapore, Global Telecom, MSCI Hong Kong and MSCI BRIC. "We believe some exposures are better served with our remaining ...