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SMSF investors trade during market volatility

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
Self-managed superannuation fund investors were not spooked during last year's share market volatility, with analysis showing they were the largest net investors in the ASX Top 20 during 2016. Commsec analysis shows that during an August 2015 market ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
The NSW government has underwritten a deal between specialist lender Investec and H2 Ventures which will provide the fintech accelerator with an additional $4 million in funding. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business John Barilaro said the ...

AMP Capital infrastructure platform secures US$2.4b

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... US$2.4 billion ($3.2 billion) for its global infrastructure platform with Australian companies among more than 50 institutional investors committed to its global mandate. The platform, which includes the AMP Capital Global Infrastructure Fund and the ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
ING is joining with a global risk management software provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions ...

Hunter Hall investment style to be maintained: WHSP

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Investment company Washington H. Soul Pattinson intends to maintain ethical fund manager Hunter Hall International's investment style even if its takeover bid fails. In its bidder's statement released on Wednesday, WHSP said upon acquiring more than ...

Australian Unity buys Altius, sells down Wingate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
As part of an expansion of its wealth business, Australian Unity will purchase the remainder of fixed interest manager Altius Asset Management. In a statement to Financial Standard, Australian Unity Wealth chief executive David Bryant said it is part ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...

ANZ unloads UDC Finance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
ANZ will sell UDC Finance to a global financial services, tourism, and logistics firm. Continuing its strategy to simplify its business, the bank announced it has entered a NZ$660 million agreement with HNA Group to sell the asset finance firm - a wholly ...

Super changes spark engagement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Federal Government's rollout of the biggest changes to superannuation in more than a decade is seeing financial advisers and investors pay increased attention to portfolio management. At the investor end of the spectrum, Colonial First State is ...

Mercer undergoes global restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
Mercer has finalised the global restructure communicated internally to staff in December. The goal of the restructure was to reorganise Mercer's global business under three lines: health, wealth and career. A Mercer spokesperson said the new structure ...