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2017 to usher in stock-picker renaissance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Janus Capital head of research Carmel Wellso believes the art of stock-picking is coming back in vogue as investors turn away from yield in pursuit of growth. Speaking to Financial Standard in Sydney, Wellso said that bottom-up active management had ...

NAB chief promises greater accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
National Australia Bank chief executive Andrew Thorburn pledged greater accountability and consequences for those who breach codes of conduct at the second round of the banking inquiry in Canberra on Friday. Thorburn and chief operating officer Anthony ...

Bennelong hires insto sales director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Bennelong Funds Management appointed a new director of institutional sales. Matthew Briggs joins Bennelong from Citigroup, where he held multiple positions over 11 years - most recently a sales role at Prime Finance. At Bennelong he will report to head ...

Life insurance industry rebuts need for greater reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Some of the financial services industry's biggest players fronted the Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into life insurance on Friday. Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane faced the panel first, telling the Committee that any further ...

Australian hedge fund tops global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
Tribeca Investment Partners' Global Natural Resources Fund is ranked as the top performing hedge fund globally. The natural resources fund reported a net return of 148.7% in 2016 based on a core long/short strategy in equities, credit and commodities ...

Private equity sector resilient

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... returns outperformed public markets over the short and long-term, making the private equity sector favourable to institutional investors, the 2017 Global Private Equity Report found. Despite a 23% drop in the number of buyout-backed exits in 2016, asset ...

Super doesn't need tender system: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is urging the Productivity Commission to reject the consideration of adopting a Chilean-style tender process for default super in Australia. ASFA's latest research paper says adopting the Chilean ...

CBA reviews part-time staff earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
The Commonwealth Bank will review its payments to part-time employees over the past eight years to determine if any are owed unpaid superannuation entitlements. Last week the Finance Sector Union claimed CBA failed to pay part-time staff members the ...

Instos unclear about ETF value

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
Australian institutional investors are in the middle of an education process when it comes to figuring out what an ETF is, how it works, and how it will benefit them, iShares head of fixed income strategy Matthew Tucker said. Retail and wealth investors ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess ...