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Orbis launches fund for retail investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... 2005, will be made available to Australian financial advisers and retail investors via a distribution deal with sister company Allan Gray. Typically the fund will invest in undervalued and sometimes disliked companies whose assets can be bought at big ...

Decimal expands superannuation network

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... to move seamlessly into digital engagement for their members," Johnstone said. Johnstone added he was impressed by the company's ability to pivot to meet the changing demands of industry and is serious about providing meaningful digital advice at an ...

Oxford University assisting Aussie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... thousands, the Oxford Risk Rating Online platform is a cost effective and reliable solution." Oxford Risk is a spin-out company of the University of Oxford founded in 2002, and offers a range of risk profiling solutions for the financial markets, including ...

CFS becomes PRI signatory

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... industry and report on such activities. CFS will have the opportunity to collaborate and participate in PRI co-ordinated company engagements on ESG issues, and better influence company activities in relation to management of ESG and climate change matters ...

Countplus chair steps down after 11 years

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
... priority," Lambert explained. As part of his advocacy, Lambert has become the chair of industrial hemp producer Ecofibre. "The company has largely moved its operations offshore, where it produces and sells a very competitively priced Nutraceutical - ...

Factor investing must be long-term: Vanguard

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... performance, including transaction costs, taxes and manager fees." Unlike traditional active equity strategies, which rely on company-specific research, factor-based investing uses rules based on academic research to screen for securities which display ...

Pressure on advice practices means time for rethink: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... traditional advice offerings continue to feel the squeeze. A new paper from Matrix Planning Solutions, distributed by parent company ClearView, says pressure placed on businesses by factors such as the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) and the proliferation ...

AMP Capital appoints insto business head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... capital markets at DTZ in the firm's London, Sydney and Auckland offices. His predecessor, John Meagher, has left the company. Nation's appointment as head of the insto business follows a round of new hires and departures at the firm following a leadership ...

ESG adoption grows, returns follow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... "There's a broader appreciation of the notion that good governance translates into better management of areas such as a company's carbon footprint, as well as how management engages with the workforce. The companies that operate this way, we believe ...

ASIC bans company director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... on 8 April 2010. The investigation focused on Hu's conduct while the firm was lead-managing a listing on the ASX by a company between 4 August 2014 and 4 June 2015. The regulator found that Hu caused a list of 158 applicants for shares incorrectly listed ...