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Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Asia-Pacific family offices have recorded strong performance off the back of developed-market equities and private equity, according to latest research. In a survey of principles and executives among 262 family offices, the Global Family Office Report ...

Setting the active record straight

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
The overall performance of the active management industry is clouded by some well-known and widely-used benchmarks, according to Ariel Investments president Mellody Hobson. Speaking to Financial Standard at the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Investors happier with online broking: Investment Trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... supported by 535,000 individuals who continued to actively trade in equities over that period. "The recent strong performance of domestic equities appears to have encouraged many Australians to continue trading," Guiamatsia said.

MySuper milestones monitor industry movement

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... levels across all age cohorts, Rainmaker said. Over both 12 months and the three years to June 2017, the average performance of single strategy funds matches the average performance of a lifecycle performance for someone in the 40 to 49 years age cohort ...

More clarity needed in key person risk management: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... including that company disclosures should include information on key employee movements relevant to the operational performance of the business; availability of specialised skills where this may have affected capability to address business model threats ...

Mercer names new chief investment officer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... Pacific. Long serving TCorp senior manager Kylie Willment will join Mercer from 25 October, overseeing the investment performance of Mercer's suite of diversified funds and asset class building blocks. She will work closely with Mercer's global wealth ...

New manager for Charter Hall fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... welcome someone of Matt's calibre and experience to the office leadership team to further drive the sector leading performance of CPOF."

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
... Ordinaries index fluctuating between down 2.9% and up 10.7% over the same period. For sure, the RBA monitors the performance of the stock and currency (and property) markets due to their impact on the general economy but these are not its mandate. Speaking ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... think that they really care until they do have a realistic sense or signs of some kind of war looming up." The performance of South Korea's financial markets attests to this. Unlike the Asian financial crisis of 1997/98 that saw the country's capital ...

US shares dominating other asset classes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... or $66,164; and cash would have returned 6.4% per annum, or $65,127. Vanguard said it was important to view the performance of a diversified portfolio of assets in a 30-year context, because "in any given year, any asset class can finish on top. And ...