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North American sovereigns hardest hit by oil crisis

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
Sovereign wealth funds in North America will suffer the biggest impacts of the sharp drop in oil prices, rather than those in oil-producing emerging markets. Invesco's Global Sovereign Asset Management Study shows that the majority (80%) of North American ...

Game theory theorises no Grexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... yield on 10-year Greek bonds dropping from 11.62% to 11.23% And then the bomb... after trading closed. No deal! "There are major differences between us in most key areas. There has been no progress in narrowing these differences recently", IMF spokesman ...

Almost everyone got a bonus this year, report reveals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... expectation of employees within the later sectors. Bareham added that the rise was likely due to the record profits across the major financial services businesses with favourable market conditions. More than half of financial services professionals (53%) ...

Australia bottom of the class for portfolio disclosure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... China and Thailand for monthly disclosure, though almost all of those countries have a high degree of semiannual disclosure. Major emerging markets countries lead the way in portfolio disclosure. They are headed by India, but also including Brazil and ...

SMSF allocation to Aussie equities hits year-low

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... quarter. At the same time, holdings in international shares were up 1.9% to 14.4%, compared to the previous quarter. While the major banks and Telstra remain top of the list for investment, the representation of top 10 stocks in SMSF portfolios has reduced ...

Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Most Australians tend to retire younger than the current pension age (65), despite growing concerns over longevity risk during retirement. According to AMP.NATSEM's Income and Wealth report, Australians often enter retirement earlier than in Japan ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Saxo Capital Markets has launched an online multi asset trading platform in Australia targeting self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors. The SaxoTraderGO platform is designed for casual traders who become increasingly professional ...

Westpac restructure sees senior exec depart

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... will clarify accountability and better align resources to customer segments. "By appointing a single executive for each major segment, the new structure clarifies accountability and allows us to create simpler, consistent, end-to-end processes, such ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Ole! Ole! Ole! You can't miss it if you tried. Then again, perhaps you would if you instead read about the relapse of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's "foot in mouth disease" and you don't want to read no more, no more, no more. But I digress. ...

Funds management elite tours Asia to seduce investors

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... Australia on investment and financial services," she said. "If we get it right, financial services can be Australia's next major growth industry," Loane added. "The Free Trade Agreements, retirement challenges for the funds management industry and the ...