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Zurich makes platform debut, mulls providers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... products at a licensee and adviser level and its move into platforms comes at a moment where advisers are demanding more variety of insurance options within platforms.

Mother of all hard landings and other BSes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... accurate predictions for global equity markets' weakness due to the GFC". Weakness? That wasn't 'weakness'...but a garden variety crash. Anyways back to the point. Remember those days? The Chinese economy slowed from 14.8% year-on-year growth in Q2 2007 ...

AIST employee to take legal action over workplace dispute

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... parents, as well as staff with other personal needs. "The company has a family-friendly workplace that accommodates a variety of flexible working arrangements, where possible within the business. We have in place parental leave policies that assist employees ...

Fund manager dismisses super fund fee demands

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... However, there are also a very small handful of elite managers who have been able to beat the market consistently in a variety of market conditions. Clifford acknowledged that at 1.4%, Platinum's annual management fee was higher than many of its peers ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... tapering, stopping and ultimately withdrawal of policy stimulation? Or should they hope for the continued weak, sub-par growth variety to keep Uncle Ben pumping those fresh mints? It's a no brainer when the question is put this way, is it not? You, I ...

Westpac appoints head of Debt Capital Markets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013
... leader in these markets in Australia, and is looking to further build on this strength to give customers access to a wider variety of competitive borrowing options both domestically and offshore," Masciantonio said. "John brings a breadth of experience ...

The day the music died

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... old London town dropped like flies over the past 24 hours. It would have been easy to put this down to the usual garden variety correction were it not for the 7.3% splat that befell the Nikkei. Perhaps, it still is...Japan just succumbed to the law of ...

Variety of strategies needed for all-weather outperformance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
Slavishly following any single investment style, such as 'value', 'growth' or 'momentum' is unlikely to provide returns through all investment and economic cycles, according to Morphic Asset Management managing director and joint chief investment officer ...

Cbus grows internal investment team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
... includes property and infrastructure. A 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, Harrison has worked for a variety of organisations including Wilshire Australia, Funds SA and the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. "As we grow the in-house ...

Centric Wealth recalibrates advice through newly-formed board

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... said. The first meeting of the Centric Wealth client advisory group took place in March was made up of 10 clients from a variety of backgrounds. "As an organisation, we are committed to following up on these recommendations to continually improve our ...