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Macquarie makes bid for listed property portal

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Macquarie has made a bid to acquire Onthehouse, a popular online real estate research portal listed on the ASX. The bid would see the banking group (via subsidiary PIQ1) and 77VSV acquire 100% of Onthehouse capital at $0.755 per share. Because two Onthehouse ...

China's January effect

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
Happy New Year to all you gentle readers!... and it looks like we'd be needing more well-wishes of "A Happy and Prosperous New Year!" the way financial markets have panned out at the start of 2016. Equity markets around the globe dropped -- big time ...

Super switches estimated at $35 billion

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2016
... family. The survey estimates $35 billion in super is being switched annually or 3.2% of superannuation products. Roy Morgan Research industry communications director Norman Morris said given the complex nature of superannuation, the lack of consumer ...

China emerging as fintech leader

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
China is taking a leading presence in the fintech sector, according to KPMG research. In partnership with H2 Ventures, KPMG released the Fintech 100 report, which lists the top 50 established "leaders" in the sector along with 50 emerging companies. ...

AMP Capital names global equities head

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... Sarasin & Partners in London. Before that he was co-head of London equities with Fidelity International and has held equity research, fund management and leadership roles at Pioneer Investments. He will join AMP Capital in March 2016 and report to AMP ...

Magellan top earning ETP

JOHN DYALL  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
... iShares Global 100, a fund with $1.1 billion in assets and a fee of 0.40% pa. John Dyall, CFA, is head of investment research at Rainmaker.

Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Senator Jenny McAllister believes many people don't feel comfortable with the idea of paying women more superannuation as a government response to fix the gender retirement savings gap. McAllister, who chairs the Senate enquiry in to economic security ...

Aussies don't want gift of super this Christmas

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
Over the Christmas break about 30% of Australians would rather pay off debt than top up their superannuation balances according to the latest MLC Wealth Sentiment Survey. Interviewing more than 2000 people in its quarterly survey, MLC found investor's ...

Advice beats direct insurance for Aussie consumers

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... opportunity as these consumers grow older and their financial risks increase accordingly. "As more Australians move online to research and match their needs, there is, and will continue to be a need for personalised and professional advice," said Asteron ...

Aberdeen appoints sales manager from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
... manager. Luke Mandekic joins Aberdeen's distribution team from AMP, where he was a model portfolio manager for AMP Advice Research. Prior to that, he was an investment analyst at AXA. "Luke is an experienced industry professional with a strong understanding ...