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Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... financial services industry though objective debate of issues, education, development of ideas and the publication of research papers. The forum is open to professionals including technical services experts, research, policy and advice specialists. Click ...

New fund tapping into Indian equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... equity holder in India Avenue. India Avenue is an Australian investment firm focused on India based in Sydney, with a research affiliate in Mumbai. The Indian economy's growth is attributed largely to reformist prime minister Narendra Modi, with the ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... Fraser works with people to help them achieve better performance in all aspects of their lives. Fraser will discuss his research at the conference which focuses on how people can achieve peak performance without collateral damage, something he calls ...

Investors hard up for alternatives opportunities

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
Fund terms set by alternatives managers are turning away institutional investors, according to Preqin research. Preqin's survey of 490 institutional investors suggests that "at least" 80% of respondents had previously decided not to invest in an alternatives ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
US consumer credit Total US consumer credit went up by US$17.7 billion in July, stronger than the previous month's US14.5 billion increase and more than market expectations for a US$15.6 billion rise. Non-revolving credit - i.e. car and student loans ...

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... that Lonsec has strong conviction that the ETF can generate risk adjusted returns in line with relevant objectives. The research house has also maintained its 'Recommended Index' ratings for the VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight ETF (MVW), the VanEck ...

ECPAM wins mandate, grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... Byrnes has spent eight years with Bell Potter Securities, where his most recent position was as an institutional equities research analyst. His appointment follows a period of growth for ECPAM that has seen it win three Australian equities mandates from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

Netwealth enters fintech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... has entered an exclusive platform arrangement with a global fintech firm. Through the arrangement TipRanks will provide research on all major shares listed on US markets, to assist advisers in identifying US opportunities and tracking analyst recommendations. ...

Hedge fund, PE allocations drive super fees: study

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... funds, on average, charger a higher fee than expected. Senior lecturer at the University of Sydney and leader of the research project, Andrew Ainsworth said that funds with higher fees did, on average, deliver higher returns. "Fees are higher for riskier ...