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IRESS co-founder departs

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... chairmanship." IRESS chief executive Andrew Walsh said: "Peter's contribution to IRESS has been enormous, but to see it only historically doesn't do justice to that contribution. The future of the business will be profoundly influenced for many years ...

WAM Capital posts record profit

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... to longer term, our view of the market is more positive, contingent on increased economic activity resulting from historically low interest rates," he added.

Hedge funds risk collapse without middle office upgrades

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... reporting and disclosure standards, according to global post-trade technology provider Omgeo. Hedge fund managers have historically focused their investment on talent and systems at the front end but a more challenging regulatory environment has transformed ...

Bring in Chilean-style super tender process: Grattan Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... also argued that MySuper, which was in part designed to bring fees down, will not succeed sufficiently. While many historically expensive retail funds have developed low-fee MySuper products, the report said this was not the whole story. "Some [retail ...

FEATURE: The alpha hunters

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... will stick with what they know regardless of whether or not it is good for them (according to Investment Trends, the historically low cash rate has done little to push SMSF trustees into new asset classes). The facts, then, go some way to confirming ...

Leap in appetite for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... from domestic to international equities. "This is a smart diversification move for many Australian investors who historically are overweight domestic equities, meaning their portfolios carry a lot more risk should our economy experience a downturn," ...

PM Capital eyes Asia fund listing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... Donohoe said. "Additionally, with the moderation in China's demand for commodities, and Australian banks trading at historically elevated levels and at a significant premium to global peers, we believe it is difficult to find value in the Australian ...

Australian investors optimistic of hitting financial goals

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... McKay, head of advisory services at Franklin Templeton Investments. "With interest rates in key developed markets at historically low levels, fixed income investors seeking higher yields should be considering a broader range of countries outside of the ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... an announcement effect, which is negative for equity markets, whenever central banks talk about interest rates." Historically, the start of a period of tightening interest rates was usually bullish for markets because it indicates an economy doing well ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... vehicles moving closer in line with the global trend towards low-cost passive investment solutions. While Australia has historically been slow to adopt indexing relative to the rest of the world, 2013 marked a notable change - for equities at least. ...