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Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
Multi-national companies that happen to span the world's emerging markets have entered Version 3.0 when it comes to high-quality distribution models, reshaping the term globalisation. This is the view of Capital Group investment director Andy Budden ...

CFA Institute investigates ESG investment gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... market, which show that looking at ESG considerations over the long-term can enhance returns, this issue is still a stumbling block for many managers," Sloggett said. The initiative will release a series of reports on each region, the first of which ...

MYOB co-founder sells $62m Xero stake for charity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... activity. Through his private charitable trust Givia, Craig Winkler has reduced Xero shareholding from 12.7% to 10.5% via a block trade with First NZ Capital Securities. Winkler made a key investment in Xero in 2009 and later sold part of it to a consortium ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
There is no better way to understand blockchain technology than to invest in bitcoins, a digital currency that has outperformed traditional currencies in recent years, according to an industry expert. This week the cryptocurrency broke record-highs ...

State Street services over half of global ETF assets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
State Street has announced that global ETF assets under its administration have exceeded US$2 trillion. The Boston-headquartered corporation now services more than half (55%) of the global industry's ETF and ETP assets under management, according to ...

InFocus restructures to support growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... us in this exciting new phase for the group," Bristow said. Bristow cited InFocus' recent referral partnership with H&R Block as a key driver of the growth, directly aligning with the dealer group's objective of helping advisers grow revenue, increase ...

Infratil sells $237m aged care stake to investment bank

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... of its 19.91% stake in a leading provider of New Zealand aged care facilities, netting $237.93 million via an off-market block trade. The stake in Metlifecare, sold to New Zealand-based investment bank Forsyth Barr for $5.61 per share, will settle on ...

Compliance and cybersecurity keeping bankers awake

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
Regulatory pressures and cybersecurity are the main areas of concern for Australian bankers, the 2017 EY Global Banking Outlook report shows. One-hundred per cent of the banking executives surveyed said enhancing cybersecurity and complying with consumer ...

Insto trading volumes surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... also show about $2.7 billion of principal was traded, driven by growing demand from buy-side traders for institutional-size block trades. Comparatively, liquidity between the ASX and Chi-X fell by 2.4%. "In 2016 we saw a number of market moving events ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
It took Australian exchange traded funds 10 years to reach $15 billion in assets under management, but only two to reach $25 billion. With the industry projected to hit $30 to 33 billion in assets under management, alongside a stream of new products ...