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Wingate hires head of research from London

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... equities manager Wingate Asset Management has appointed an investment manager from a UK firm to a newly-created head of research role. Hugh Selby-Smith joins the firm's Melbourne office from London-based Omni Partners, where he was responsible for a ...

ASIC calls out weak conflict policy in vertical business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... superannuation trustee, platform structure (IDPS and IDPS-like structure), investment administration and custody business." The research focused on 12 "significant" fund managers, and found that while many participants "[appeared] to take their conflicts ...

FIIG appoints research team head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
FIIG Securities has appointed Mark Bayley as head of credit strategy and research. Bayley joins FIIG from Aquasia where he advised corporate and institutional investors on developments in the financial markets as a credit strategist. Prior that that ...

Super effectively the same as lotto for younger Australians

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... grow at a compound annual rate of 1.2% over five years through 2015-2016 to $6.1 billion, according to recent IBISWorld research. BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said that this reflects a dire need for Australia to focus more on its ...

Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... to one Australian equity house. At a Martin Currie Australia briefing in Sydney yesterday, head of Australian equity research Michael Slack said these companies, particularly commodity businesses, have got to start reinvesting in growth or sustaining ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... (FPA). "Our advisers have the best of both worlds - we can be product agnostic and we can draw upon the latest thinking, research and market forecasts of our global investment network," Smith said. Parramatta, including its surrounds, is the fastest ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
US existing home sales The National Association of Realtors reported that total sales of previously owned houses dropped by 7.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.08 million units in February - more than double consensus expectations for a 3.0% ...

Colchester receives Lonsec and Zenith rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... introducing Colchester's Global Government Bond Fund to the Australian intermediary market place in a bid to capitalise on research ratings and platform interest. Commenting on the ratings and appointment of MacPherson, Singapore managing director Paul ...

Quant hedge fund arrives down under

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... way to "hack Wall Street". US-based Quantopian is an investment firm that provides an open platform where anyone can research, back test and execute their algorithmic strategies. The firm picks the best-performing algorithms and allocates capital to ...