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FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...

Chinese whispers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
It was enough to make anyone wet their pants - headlines about the 8.5% biggest one-day fall since February 2007 dive in the Shanghai Composite index yesterday. What triggered the sell-off, nobody really knows. Someone shouted "fire" and everyone and ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
The revised Significant Investor Visa (SIV) will undoubtedly bring benefits to parts of the economy in need of investment but also knock-on opportunities for fund managers specialising in the scheme to get access to investments in China. The new rules ...

FSC Annual Conference kicks off August 5

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The 2015 FSC Annual Conference will be back on the Gold Coast from 5-7 August. The two and half day conference includes a program featuring some on the nation's most powerful politicians as well as home-grown and international industry leaders. The ...

GFC recovery only tentative

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Global markets should be asking themselves whether they should have done better in recovery almost eight years after the global financial crisis (GFC), according to Aberdeen Asset Management head of fixed income Nick Bishop. Speaking at a recent Australian ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Greece, China damage global hedge fund returns

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Hedge fund returns have been hit by the Chinese market correction and by the Greek debt crisis, a global Eurekahedge report for June 2015 showed. After five months of consecutive gains, hedge funds posted their first monthly loss this year in June ...

HK funds market just ahead of Australia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Hong Kong's funds management market climbed 10.5% during 2014 to reach a high of $2.8 trillion, revealed the HK Securities and Futures Commission. Despite the dramatic growth in the HK market, it is only slightly ahead of the Australian FUM market that ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia ...

The "old economy" that is Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
It could be because we've been beating down on ourselves too much, too often and for so long that others think they come and have a go at us, Australians all, too. I was literally ROFL-ing when I read this piece from the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) ...