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ANZ launches global technology ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... with industry-leading positions. "Many investors are keen to have a stake in the strong growth potential of the world's famous tech names, and through an ETF they can do it easily and for a lower price than buying shares directly." Morningstar Australasia ...

Fox urges advisers to become professionals

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2017
... advice as a profession - you as individuals, and 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 ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... the heart of London and not having to commute out to Canary Wharf. She met with Keith Skeoch, the chief executive, at the famous Gherkin building for a final checks and balances meeting before she was offered the role. "I remember looking out over the ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... competitors," he told the Financial Times. Part of Vanguard's rise could be explained by comments made by the industry's most famous active managers, Warren Buffett. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive was called Vanguard's best salesman ...

Standard Life Investments sponsors 2017 Lions tour

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... principal sponsorship partner for the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour of New Zealand. The global asset manager will sponsor the famous red jersey of the combined England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland rugby union team, replacing the association with HSBC. ...

Swiss Re to use artificial intelligence in underwriting

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
Swiss Re has announced it will partner with IBM to make use of its Watson artificial intelligence technology. The first Swiss Re business line to use this "cognitive computing" service will be life and health reinsurance, and according to Swiss Re's ...

Super becoming the fifth estate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... half days off each week I would sometimes join one of the launch cruises that would ply the fjords waters Milford Sound is famous for. These were easy - if dull - trips but on one fateful day the single-hull 30 metre launch nearly capsized when most ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... than government bonds or term deposits," he said. As well as Apple bonds, FIIG has recently added bonds from some other famous corporate names to its DirectBonds list including multinational brewer SABMiller and telecommunications giant Vodafone. FIIG ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
As Yogi Berra famously quoted, "it ain't over till it's over." Elvis is still in the building. Optimism over a Greek bailout deal has hit a roadblock (again), prompting financial markets to give up some of the gains made over the past few days. But ...