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S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ASX-listed healthcare firm Sirtex, whose investors include some of Australia's leading fund managers, will remain in the S&P/ASX 200 after its US takeover has been postponed in light of a new offer. Sirtex entered into a trading halt and then announced ...

Blue Sky chair steps down amid business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... management fees exceeding fixed operating expenses from FY19," Morison said. In April, then-Blue Sky managing director Robert Shand resigned so as to "rebuild market confidence." Shand presided over Blue Sky during a difficult period, where US hedge ...

Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
A global investment firm with $176 billion in assets under management will undergo a corporate restructure. Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) will convert from a partnership to a corporation on July 1, in a move which is designed to attract new investors. ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over the past decade show people do not always act rationally in times of market crises ...

Financial services giants launch ESG indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... inception and we are excited to see this idea come to fruition." J.P. Morgan head of sales and marketing for Australia Robert Bedwell told Financial Standard investors tend to approach ESG through the lens of an equity portfolio. The partnership identified ...

Blue Sky MD resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... took over from founder Mark Sowerby in August 2016, is resigning from the company to help "rebuild market confidence." Robert Shand presided over Blue Sky during a difficult period, where US hedge fund Glaucus Research published a scathing opinion piece ...

MFS executives create advisory council

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... inaugural line-up includes: MFS chief executive officer and chief investment officer Michael Roberge; executive chairman Robert Manning; chief investment officer - global fixed income William Adams, chief investment officer - global equity Kevin Beatty ...

Aged care becomes critical for advisers

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Financial advice practices are waking to the idea that specialist aged and disability care advisers will become necessary for any planning business to thrive in coming decades. Mentor Education founder and director Mark Sinclair said the advice industry ...

WHSP appoints new chief financial officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... well as the finance director roles. Roderick joined WHSP in 2006 and was invited to the board in 2014. WHSP board chairman Robert Millner said: "Melinda has made a valuable contribution over the 12 years she has been with the company. The board thanks ...