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BNP Paribas Asset Management restructures for efficiency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... chief executive Denis Panel, MAQS will offer 'quantamental' management; combining quantitative skill with fundamental research capabilities, with risk management at its core. The investment solutions offered by MAQS also comprise ESG criteria, as increasingly ...

HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... follow a detailed review of HESTA's insurance arrangements which included input from external consultants. Independent research house Rice Warner analysed the impact of the age-based restructured cover and pricing. It found that under the new arrangements ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... compared to the broader equity market, ARCO co-founder and co-portfolio manager, Peter Whiting said. "We have a fundamental research approach to selecting stocks, constructing portfolios of stocks we believe are mispriced and don't reflect their underlying ...

What price Brexit certainty?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
At least people of the world know what the Fed has in store for them come December - another 25 basis point increase in the fed funds rate come the 13th of the month. 'tis not the same for the UK where Brexit negotiations remain up in the air... and ...

Financial literacy the bridge for income protection gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
Classroom-style financial education programs in the workplace and hands-on practice and counselling can play a significant role in closing the income protection gap. That is a key finding from a recent study by Zurich in partnership with the Smith School ...

Australia becoming millionaire factory: Credit Suisse

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... Asia-Pacific Wealth Report, which demonstrated that Australian HNWIs strongly prefer particular online services including research and real-time portfolio data. "Over the last ten years we have built our private bank on the pillars of superior advice ...

SuperFriend welcomes new director

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
... the Education Centre of Australia, a private international education institution; and the Media Centre for Education Research Australia, a not-for-profit organisation advancing education by improving the reporting of education research in the media. ...

Where in the cycle is Australia?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2017
"In the next 5000 kilometres, turn right." Even the now-ubiquitous GPS (global positioning system) will ask you're starting point before it gives directions to your destination. But what if you don't know where you presently are? Such is the problem ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Superannuation funds' appetite for domestic private equity investments has reached new heights not seen since 2007, a new industry report shows. Australian superannuation funds ploughed $676 million of capital in private equity over the 2017 financial ...

Inconsistency, communication top adviser bugbears

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... things she's seen catch advisers out: inconsistent processes; incomplete documentation; and insufficiently demonstrated research. Most advisers will always act in the best interest of clients, but she warns that not being able to clearly demonstrate ...