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2018 FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar' raises over $300k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Research analyst by day, Rockstar by night. George Hadja from Montgomery Investment Management took home the coveted 2018 Rockstar of the Year Award at an industry fundraiser organised by the Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) in Sydney ...

Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... investors in mind. It targets a 4% cash distribution yield, holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... trust targets retail investors with 4% cash distribution yield, holding up to35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... investors in mind. It targets a 4% cash distribution yield, holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no ...

The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... "hidden variable" in quantifying investment performance. Joking that State Street picked phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet - because "the asset management industry had already used up all the other letters," Shead outlined how motivation had ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... development of self-driving cars, including technology providers and vehicle part suppliers. Current holdings include Tesla, Alphabet, Delphi and Nvidia. "We've carefully selected companies who are currently benefiting from the new automotive technologies ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... by 91%; Gen Y raised their turnover by 73%. The former showed a strong preference for stocks such as Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Wells Fargo, Lloyds and Berkshire Hathaway, while the latter took an interest in technology and videogame companies including ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... driven by its exposure to European domestic banking franchises, Macau gaming companies, alternative asset managers, and Alphabet. The Asian Opportunities Fund also performed well, benefitting particularly from investments in gaming in Macau and investment ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... leading to major breakthroughs in longevity. In the medium term, Magellan's top four holdings - Apple, Microsoft, Visa and Alphabet - are aimed at benefitting from advances in cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence; the move to a cashless ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... - perhaps unsurprisingly - of leading technology, social media and telecommunications names on the US index including Alphabet (index weight of 14.16%), Apple (8.16%), Microsoft (4.91%), Twitter (3.86%), Intel Corp (2.27%) and AT&T (1.61%). Companies ...