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Another October to remember?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2014
Headlines upon headlines remains littered with MH17 and what happens next as the international community vents its anger on Russia. 'twas these headlines that reportedly downed Wall Street overnight. But we surely know what comes after the dip, 'eh ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... slightly higher, a fall in metals prices late last week meant resources companies were mostly weaker. "If you look at the major stocks there is a bit of support for some of the banks, but the softness we saw in metal prices on Friday meant it was going ...

Praemium reports strong rise in SMA funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... executive Michael Ohanessian said. "In Australia several platform providers are now trying to enter the SMA space, which is a major positive for Praemium. SMAs still make up only a tiny portion of Australia's $500 billion platform market, but this is ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... remembers giving a presentation to his primary school peers on shares when he was just 10 years old. "Finance has always been a major interest to me and it's pretty funny looking back. That choice of topic for a presentation in primary school was pretty ...

Gen Ys most keen on intra-fund advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
Financial advice might be the key to engaging young super fund members, with a new survey revealing that half of Gen Ys who have not used their fund's intra-fund advice services before, intend to do so in the future. The 2014 CoreData Member Engagement ...

FEATURE: The metamorphosis of custody

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... varied range of services if they are to stand out from the crowd. An evolving sector A few years ago there were only two major players in the custody market: National Australia Bank Asset Servicing (NAS) and J.P. Morgan. Now, there are six or seven major ...

Life's a bargain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... they will push U.S.-Russian relations into a dead end, and cause very serious damage." "They are causing damage to their major energy companies."... and if the "west" goes further and makes pariah in financial markets, this too would boomerang on the ...

Large strides made towards automated advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... opposed to try to work it out by yourself," Robinson said. InvestmentLink provides data on the balances and transactions of major fund managers to dealer groups and financial planning software providers such as COIN, XPLAN or Midwinter.

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... in the afternoon ahead of US Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen's testimony to Congress on Tuesday night (AEST). The major banks were mixed as the first review of the financial system in 17 years was released in Canberra. ANZ was steady at $33.54 ...

UK has overtaken Australia for platform innovation: Bravura

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... how their back offices operate. Spurring the different attitude of platform groups in the UK was the quick succession of major regulatory reforms that included introduction of the Retail Distribution Review, requirements for much greater transactional ...