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HUB24 adds three international managers

KERRIE SYDEE | THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016

HUB24 has added three new international managed portfolios to its platform in a bid to expand Australian investor's ability to directly access professionally managed international portfolios. The new managed portfolios are provided by Arnhem Investment ...

Investors must adapt to 'new normal'

KERRIE SYDEE | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016

Australian investors must consider low interest rates, low growth and high volatility as the 'new normal' when constructing their investment strategies, according to Findex. The asset manager argues that in a landscape of low yield and high volatility ...

Aussie income managers underperforming

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016

Investors planning for retirement have been warned to stick to fundamentals in the wake of new data showing Australian equity fund managers with an income objective have delivered below-market returns in recent years. Income funds covered by Lonsec ...

CalPERS urges Rio Tinto to report climate change risk

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016

Rio Tinto is supportive of a resolution co-filed by US pension fund CalPERS requesting the global mining giant provide an annual report on environmental risks and opportunities associated with climate change. CalPERS holds about 250,000 shares in Rio ...

Ghosts of emerging markets past not worth the risk

KERRIE SYDEE | FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016

Emerging markets and markets heavily affected by their performance are not worth the risk according to Bell Asset Management, who actively assess their investments for financial strength, profitability and growth. Bell Asset Management's investment ...

Telstra Super appoints CIO from Willis Towers Watson

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016

Telstra Super has appointed a new chief investment officer following a four-month executive search. Graeme Miller joins Telstra Super from Willis Towers Watson, where he was director of investment services since 2007. In that role he led the Australian ...

La Trobe P2P option gets SQM rating

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS | FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016

Ratings organisation SQM Research has given La Trobe Financial's Peer-to-Peer (P2P) investment option with a superior 4 star rating. SQM Research head Louis Christopher said: "The fund has outperformed the peer group and SQM Research's comparative benchmark ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016

Any pre-tax alpha gained by active fund managers can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the ...

T. Rowe Price names Japan country head

MARK SMITH | WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016

T. Rowe Price has named Naoyuki Honda as its new country head for Japan. A thirty-year veteran of the financial services and asset management industries, Honda will join the firm in early May after a filing with Japanese regulators. He will lead T. ...

YBR acquires News Corp platform

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016

Yellow Brick Road has acquired News Corp's consumer-direct investment service brightday, which runs on the OneVue platform. YBR's statement said the acquisition forms part of its digital plans which included the release of robo-advice tool Guru in 2015. ...

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Treasury responds to Debelle's review into the AOFM

KARREN VERGARA

Treasury has responded to the Guy Debelle-led review into the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM), agreeing to all six recommendations.

Bravura ups guidance, reports earnings increase

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Bravura Solutions informed investors cost discipline will protect its full year earnings result after a client migrated to a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) early in the year.

MaxCap hires from Vanguard, AustralianSuper

MATTHEW WAI

MaxCap has welcomed two senior directors, including a portfolio manager from Australia's largest super fund, reporting to the recently named chief executive Kylie Robb.

Zenith snags mandate from Granite Bay

MATTHEW WAI

Granite Bay Private Wealth has selected Zenith Investment Partners to support their investment governance and due diligence.

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