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CBA backs financial counselling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... financial counsellors. Financial Counselling Australia chief executive Fiona Guthrie described the funding from CBA as truly ground-breaking as the association has never been able to implement training on this scale before. "Helping clients affected ...

Fund managers on fixed income recruitment drive

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
Both AMP Capital and Vanguard are ramping fixed income capabilities with new hires and job listings. On April 26, Andrea Jaehne joined AMP Capital as senior credit analyst, financials. She reports to acting head of credit Steven Hur, and will focus ...

Beware the volatility trap: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... of the downside and 87% of upside. "The fact that the fund on a whole loses less on the downside means that it has less ground to make up when the market rises again, this has played a key role in underpinning its outperformance over time," Maslen said. ...

BetaShares expands to Victoria

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... education and client service. "We are pleased to welcome Damon into our team and look forward to building a strong on the ground presence in Victoria to help us meet increased client demand," Vynokur said. "Since the launch of our first ETFs in December ...

BetaShares launches small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... in small listed companies with the potential to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries benchmark. The fund "breaks new ground" by charging 0.39% per annum (excluding performance fees) in management fees compared to the average small-cap management fee ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Federal treasurer Scott Morrison is laying the groundwork for a boost in national infrastructure investment after unveiling changes to the way government debt is reported. In his final pre-budget speech, delivered to the Australian Business Economists ...

Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... recognising that active managers are struggling to outperform broad market indices. "Quant-style investing offers a middle ground where investors can still tilt toward potential outperformance, but at a lower cost, where much of the bottom-up stock selection ...

Accountants expand robo-advice reach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... to complement ASIC's existing engagement with the financial advice industry through the provision of first-hand, on the ground feedback.

ANZ launches global technology ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
ANZ ETFS is providing investors access to the world's top technology stocks in one trade with the launch of a global technology exchange traded fund. The ANZ ETFS Morningstar Global Technology ETF will track the Morningstar Developed Markets Technology ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... 2017 Gender-wise Philanthropy Award, which went to the Caledonia Foundation for supporting the Good Pitch's The Hunting Ground Australia Project. The Project is a critically-acclaimed feature documentary that shares the personal stories of students who ...