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New hires strengthens AMP Capital equities team

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
AMP Capital has appointed Geoff Wells as Senior Portfolio Manager and Peter Harris as Senior Resources Analyst to its Australia equities division. The appointments will expand the coverage of investment styles within the Australian equities team, led ...

Small caps beating blue chips: Lonsec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... we have seen from small caps as a sector is very significant, especially given the fact that Australian equities entered bear market territory in early 2016," said Lonsec general manager of equities Peter Green. Green added, "Small caps have provided ...

AMP Capital COO made redundant in restructure

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
AMP Capital has made a C-suite executive's role redundant as it reshuffles its leadership team to expand internationally. The company has structured its distribution efforts around three regions - Australia and New Zealand, the North-West region (which ...

Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... limit the number of people with these skills but it limits the diversity of thinking and approach that will be brought to bear," said James Mabbott Head of KPMG Innovate. Given that jobs of the future in all sectors particularly financial services will ...

SMAs driving growth at fund manager Altair

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... investment officer Philip Parker said that the fund manager's decision to provide bespoke managed accounts solution is starting to bear fruit. Their funds under management has increased and their separately managed accounts (SMAs) are now available on ...

Unconstrained bond funds disappoint in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
Many unconstrained bond funds failed to meet their benchmarks in 2015, according to research by Lonsec, reflecting a broader struggle for returns as volatility and bearish sentiment seized markets in the second half of the year. Unconstrained funds ...

Returns gap fuels 'dashboard' debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2016
... gap between the two segments is 1% - down from the 3% high during the GFC - this finding is particularly relevant given the bear phase global share markets are currently in, with European and Japanese markets falling over 20% since the start of 2016 ...

HNWIs foresee bullish 2016

ALEX BURKE  |  SATURDAY, 20 FEB 2016
The majority of high-net-worth investors intend to use more of their cash reserves in 2016, according to research by deVere Group. The deVere research is based on a survey of 767 investors worldwide with investable assets of more than $2 million; of ...

Behavioural coaching is the best route to 'adviser alpha'

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... Association National Adviser Conference, Johnson said that over the last 30 years, the Australian share market has experience 11 bear markets. "They usually occur on average every three years. The last one in Australia was relatively mild in 2011. The ...

Gold starts to glisten (like 2008?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
... levels in every part of the world that they have become a potent cause for mischief". While the heightened volatility and the "bear market" in equities and commodities continue to garner most of the attention - providing support to this outlook - the ...