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Oil's gift to central bankers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
Only one word comes to mind when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is mentioned, and that is oil - for it has plenty of it. According to Investopedia, "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is often cited as the world's largest oil producer. The country produces 13.24% ...

Melbourne boutique shutters under passive pressure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... February 2018. Concise was established in 2007 by chief executive David Parr and portfolio managers David Grace and Andrew King. "We would like to thank all of our loyal clients, friends and family that have invested alongside us into the Concise Mid ...

Advisers grapple with client retention: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
... advised clients dropped by 25% from three million in 2007 to currently 2.2 million nationwide. Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said client retention remains a key issue, with planners typically losing three clients for every two they ...

Broker popularity on the rise: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
An increasing number of property investors are securing finance through a mortgage broker, with 83% of investors intending to do so in the next 12 months. The third annual national Property Investor Sentiment Survey from Property Investment Professionals ...

Genetics will test life insurance sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Increased affordability of genetic testing and rising public interest in ancestral lineage and health could threaten Australia's life insurance industry, according to the Actuaries Institute. The latest paper from the industry body suggests that even ...

Trustee Partners recruits ahead of opening NZ office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
Trustee Partners is building out its product, marketing and distribution team with two key appointments. Bringing more than 20 years' experience to the business, Rachel Griffith has been appointed to head the team while Elizabeth Hartnett will work ...

Regal farewells co-founder in board makeover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... on the firm's board. In what was described as the final step in his transition away from the $1.4 billion manager, Andrew King stepped down from the Regal board of directors effective immediately. The departure forms part of a plan to improve the governance ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Good, bad or ugly, there were events a-plenty last week for speculators and investors to digest for guidance on what lies ahead. There's the lingering North Korean nuclear threat - although this has barely made it to headlines over the past week; there's ...

UBS wins pensions mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
UBS Asset Management was awarded an $18 billion passive management mandate from a pool of UK local government pension schemes. The Local Government Pension Schemes ACCESS (A Collaboration of Central, Eastern and Southern Shires) pool - the combined ...

Exclusive partnership brings $35bn global manager to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... institutional investors through our partnership with Channel Capital," Breckenridge said. Channel Capital head of distribution Andrew King added: "From all of our dialogue with our clients over the last 12 months, we appreciate that high quality offshore ...