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Nikko downgrades equities stance

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... Japanese corporate earnings to rise over the next two quarters after their weak third quarter performance. The committee notes that Japanese equities are expected to produce a 5.5% unannualised return in US dollar terms through March 2016. "We believe ...

Room to move on super investment fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... benefits of competition and its power to put downward pressure on fees and increase the quality of superannuation products." He notes the Financial System Inquiry found that between 2004 and 2013, average fees only fell by 20 basis points whereas the ...

IOSCO releases retail investor education report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
... to follow regarding investor education and financial literacy initiatives. Explaining why this is important, the report notes that "IOSCO members regularly see instances of retail investors losing money they did not expect, or could not afford, to lose ...

Zero-margin platforms could target Australian market

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... according to Bravura Solutions research. Referencing economist Jeremy Rifkin's The Zero Marginal Cost Society, Bravura's report notes the rise of fintech startups like Robinhood, which offer free solutions to trading customers, and overseas fund managers ...

APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... in Part 9 [of the SIS Act] with new board composition requirements focused on the appointment of independent directors," notes the APRA discussion paper. Given the definition of independence is central to these new practices, the paper states APRA will ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... building relationships." Putting those skills to work was especially important in an institutional sales role, because as he notes relationships tend to be fairly long-term and can take some time to establish. "We already had relationships with some ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... The Platinum Asia Fund is invested in several Chinese insurance companies, China Mobile and search engine Baidu. Clifford notes that all of these are "large businesses, quite sophisticated and with revenue sizes three times the size of some of their ...

Tasplan and RBF to merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... billion in funds under management as of 30 June 2014, Tasplan had $2.5 billion in funds under management as at 31 March 2015, notes researcher Rainmaker. The fund is already set to merge with the $628 million Quadrant Super in November. The combined ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... medium term," she says. A continent, not a country Investors need to think of China as "a continent, not a country," she notes. GDP growth between provinces varied as much as 9% in the first quarter. The country is expected to contribute 1.1% to global ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... privatisation fund with the aim of raising a,-50 billion over the course of the bail-out." "These commitments -the statement notes dryly- are minimum requirements to start the negotiations with the Greek authorities." "Minimum requirements"? Kill me ...