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Expansion everywhere

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
"They float. They all float!" Nah, not scribbling to spook the bejeesus out of you ala Pennywise the clown of "It" fame. Au contraire, the quote refers to the manufacturing PMI survey releases showing that the world's biggest economies are all - not ...

Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
The total number of registered financial advisers increased by 10% in the 12 months to March 2017, and non-institutionally-aligned dealer groups captured more than 70% of this growth, according to Rainmaker research. While institutionally-aligned licensees ...

Media powerhouse turns financial product provider

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
A global media brand is eyeing a move into financial services, looking to form a strategic partnership with one of Asia's largest fund and asset management firms. Forbes Global Capital, a subsidiary of Forbes Global Media Holdings, has a signed a memorandum ...

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump remains the stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and ...

Head of distribution exits listed platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
The marketing and distribution lead at a major listed wealth management platform will depart after tendering his resignation. HUB24's Wes Gillett will leave the position he's held since May 2013, with West Australian regional manager Greg Newman taking ...

Trusted advice solves investor confusion: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
What Australian investors say and what they do appear to be two different things when it comes to investment strategy, according to latest research. In a survey of individual investors from around the world, Natixis Global Asset Management found Australian ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The widely-used SPIVA scorecard, prepared semi-annually by S&P Dow Jones Indices, once again suggests the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the ...

Centuria listed funds CEO to step down

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Centuria's chief executive, listed funds will step down from his role in January 2018, transitioning to a support position. Nick Collishaw was appointed to his current role in May 2013. Before that, he was chief executive and managing director of Mirvac ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
Seven in two. Seven Fed officials over the past two days have spoken, putting forward their individual rationales over the rationality or not of the Fed's ongoing path towards normalisation given the prevailing strong growth/labour market and below ...

State Street introduces machine learning tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
State Street has launched a machine learning solution to help investment professionals wade through the plethora of research reports they receive on a daily basis. Through the combination of machine learning and human expertise, the new Quantextual ...