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Advisers unsure on super contributions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Adviser queries around non-concessional super contributions have doubled in the last month, according to BT Advice Technical's September quarter round-up. The report shows the questions most commonly asked by advisers over the quarter were in regards ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... this confirms my assertion that what PM Li likes PM Li gets. With only one quarter to go for a full-year, China will (surprise surprise) achieve its 2016 growth target of 6.5% - 7.0%. The third quarter National Accounts scorecard came along with other ...

EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Pacific Current Group's specialist global small and micro-cap boutique manager, EAM Investors, has won its first Australian institutional mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix ...

Well-known stockbroker launches own SMAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A well-known stockbroker has introduced two managed accounts strategies aimed at retail investors and advisers. Owner and author of daily stockmarket newsletter Marcus Today, Marcus Padley has introduced two SMAs, partly to service the clients of Marcus ...

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Global asset manager and tax efficiency specialist Parametric is pitching to Australian superannuation funds with a factor-based investment strategy for global equities that targets the value factor. Parametric chief investment officer Paul Bouchey ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... reductions in mortgage rates; a Commonwealth Budget; a Federal election; and some major developments offshore such as the surprise UK referendum result ('Brexit') and the build -up leading into November's US election". However, the details of the report ...

Climate risk underappreciated: BlackRock

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... for investment portfolios: physical technological, regulatory and social. Unlike other factors, regulatory risks can surprise investors and can upset the status quo. "Unlike slow-burning and sporadic physical climate events, regulatory events are here ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... market expectations for an increased surplus to US$58.0 billion. The expectations miss appear to have been due to the surprise increase in imports -- up 1.5% in the year to July. The expansion in imports in July is the first positive growth rate in 22 ...

Capital not enough to prevent failures

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... "Disorderly failures, on the other hand, are to be avoided. Disorderly failures will be those which catch everyone by surprise, impose significant losses on those who the regulatory framework seeks to protect, and/or involve significant disruption to ...

Vocus founder partners to launch new fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The founder and former chief executive of listed business telco provider Vocus Communications has launched an asset management firm. James Spenceley formed Vocus in 2008; in September last year, it merged with M2 Group to become a major $3 billion player ...