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S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ASX-listed healthcare firm Sirtex, whose investors include some of Australia's leading fund managers, will remain in the S&P/ASX 200 after its US takeover has been postponed in light of a new offer. Sirtex entered into a trading halt and then announced ...

S&P to remove ASX healthcare firm from index

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
An ASX-listed healthcare firm, currently subject to a potential class action by shareholders which include major Australian asset managers, will be removed from the ASX 200 pending acquisition by a US company. S&P Dow Jones Indices said Sirtex Medical ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... decelerated rapidly as their food expenditure - the largest component of essential spending - declined steeply. Even healthcare spending dipped at this point. Discretionary spending including leisure and travel peters out as retirees age. The data also ...

Suncorp appoints director

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... board. Falzon currently serves as a non-executive director on boards of Perpetual Limited, Premier Investments and Regis Healthcare. From 2008 to2010, Falzon lead the business development team at Aviva Investors' business Portfolio Partner. Her role ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... performance measurement and reporting." The second hire is Aidan Kerr. He joins as an investment analyst covering global healthcare and was previously an equity analyst in the healthcare team at Magellan Financial Group. Also joining the team as an investment ...

New trust lowers cost for retail access to corporate loan market

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... offering late last year. It currently has exposure to more than 70 individual corporate loan assets in sectors including healthcare, infrastructure, energy and private equity transactions. Speaking to Financial Standard, MCP managing partner Andrew Lockhart ...

China A-shares to disrupt emerging markets strategies: Robeco

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2018
... the country, which will in turn result in more disposable income and consumption upgrades - from staples to luxuries, healthcare, entertainment and travel." Innovative China, Mio continued, will involve the government creating a venture capital or private ...

Aussie equities boutique appoints portfolio manager from Schroders

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2018
... innovative and disruptive business models emerging in fast growing sectors such as technology, financials, consumer and healthcare."

SMSFs shifting focus for diversification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... remained the most heavily traded sectors, accounting for 36% and 17% of the year's turnover. Telecommunication services, healthcare and consumer discretionary stocks also proved popular. The top 10 domestic equity investments for SMSFs comprised the ...

Blue Sky scores major pension fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... investments across private real estate, private equity and infrastructure will continue to focus on "essentials," including healthcare, education and student accommodation. Education, he added, would continue to be an attractive sector, given that "it's ...