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Legg Mason acquires UK global equity manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... Asia, EMEA and the US. "Martin Currie's active international equity capabilities fill our largest product gap and are a perfect complement to our existing investment capabilities. Their management team shares our passion for innovation, our commitment ...

FEATURE: In search of the missing asset class

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
Recent regulatory changes have removed some of the barriers the Australian corporate bond market has posed to issuers and investors. But Australia is still some way behind its international peers. Mark Smith finds out what more can be done to improve ...

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
The SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... market, chief executive Martin Franc outlines his strategic vision for the fund manager and tells Mark Smith why he's the perfect man to steer the ship. US-listed fund manager Invesco is a business with a strong global brand and internationally applauded ...

Fresh Orient Capital acquisitions expand European operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... deliver investor management and communications solutions, together with websites and webcasting. "Our businesses are a perfect fit and the acquisition allows us to spread our entire investor relations product suite across Europe, the Middle East and ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
New information about the sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program ...

A 1987-style crash cometh (again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2014
... We ask that you should buy stocks when everything looks horrible, you shouldn't rush to buy them when everything looks perfect." Result: By the end of September 2013 (first month of autumn), the S&P 500 was up 10.6%. Perhaps, it wasn't deep in autumn ...

ASIC admits wrongdoing in Senate hearing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... why were you satisfied by it?" Kirk answered: "I'm not saying that the process [of reconstructing files] is going to be perfect in every file. When documents don't exist, the process is going to be difficult no matter what." "Doing that for 7,000 clients ...

Australian Ethical buys ethical investment publication

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... Investor has been a highly respected voice of the ethical investment community in Australia for many years. It will be a perfect complement to our business and our expanding communications strategy. "Our investment will allow this important publication ...

FEATURE: Facing the perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014
... lapses in the last few years. The confluence of factors pressuring the group and retail insurance market has created a perfect storm that has seen insurers' profits plummet. Laura Millan looks at the measures that the sector is implementing to find an ...