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Hedge fund star joins Merchant Group line-up

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... Index net of fees over rolling five-year periods by investing in both listed and soon-to-be-listed companies. Based in Western Australia, Merchant Group offers strategic wealth advice, corporate finance and direct market services. In addition to the ...

Less than expected but good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... mainly from the Middle East (up 46.4%) as purchases from Japan's other major trading partners declined: China (-17.7%), Western Europe (-7.7%), ASEAN (-1.5%) and the US (-0.7%).

Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... of the risk committee and non-executive director of both AMP Life and AMP Bank. Shergold is the current chancellor of Western Sydney University and has had an extensive career in public service, having been the chief executive of the Aboriginal and Torres ...

DomaCom signs global agriculture crowdfunding deal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... its first foray into agricultural assets with a deal that gives its investors a stake in pastoral land among Victoria's Western Districts. The 150-hectare property, Doyles, is outside Casterton near the South Australian border, and is in the prime beef ...

Legg Mason bond funds receive Zenith tick

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Three Legg Mason bond funds were recently rated positively by Zenith. Legg Mason's Western Asset Global Bond Fund and Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund were both given a 'Recommended' rating, while the Legg Mason Brandywine Opportunistic Fixed ...

NAB pushes planning career path

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... campuses participating in the program are Deakin University, RMIT University, Griffith University and the University of Western Sydney, while particular emphasis will be placed on gender, cultural diversity and applicants from regional areas when selecting ...

ICG boosts energy trust with wind farm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... companies. The 106.6-megawatt project operates on a 15-year offtake agreement with Alinta Energy and joins wind farms in Western Australia and South Australia as part of ICG's portfolio. "We're delighted to add to our utility portfolio another high quality ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... us as professional bodies," Fox said. Citing a portion of Tim Minchin's famous graduation speech at the University of Western Australia, Fox urged advisers to think critically, identify biases, prejudices, and privileges, and take them out onto the verandah ...

Legg Mason hires marketing head from Hastings

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... strategies alongside global equity, global bond and multi-asset offerings." "Legg Mason's investment affiliates, including Western Asset, Brandywine Global, QS Investors and Martin Currie are all well regarded for product innovation and relevance to ...

Vanguard chief says embrace robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... Providing an outlook for the investment landscape over the course of 2017, McNabb believes there is something big going on in Western democracy as a whole that will influence the markets ongoing. "What we're seeing is the impact of 10 to 20 years of ...