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Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
The growing number of users sharing thoughts about finance on social media allows investors to monitor market sentiment almost instantly. When US-based finance social media platform StockTwits recently reached 300,000 active users, analysts considered ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha is joining the list of people saying it makes sense for Australian's to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related companies. Within the last six months Insync bought back in to AB InBev ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Not too long ago executive positions in financial services were generally appointed from prominent sales men and women. Energy Industry Super Scheme (EISS) chief executive, Alex Hutchison, is of a different breed. As a former federal police officer ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Insurance is the least attractive financial services employment sector for women born between 1980 and 1995, according to PwC research. PwC's report, "Female millennials in financial services: strategies for a new era of talent", is based on a global ...

La Trobe pooled mortgage fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
La Trobe Financial's Pooled Mortgage's Option (PMO) has been given a "Recommended" rating by Zenith Investment Partners. In the report, Zenith Analyst Dugald Higgins said: "The PMO's performance over the longer term has been robust, showing solid returns ...

Federation Centres to rebrand as Vicinity Centres

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Federation Centres has announced that it intends to rebrand as Vicinity Centres following securityholder approval. Federation Limited is the listed company within the FDC stapled group. The rebrand follows the merger between the Federation Centres and ...

Financial planning director to leave AMP

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
AMP's executive director of financial planning will leave the group to pursue other opportunities in the industry. Steve Helmich will leave AMP in September following a 41 year career with the company. He started as a junior new business clerk in the ...

Eslake leaves Bank of America

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) chief economist Saul Eslake has left the organisation and a replacement has already been confirmed. A member of the firm's economic team and longtime colleague of Eslake, Alex Joiner, will head BoAML's economics ...

BTFG hires head of general insurance

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
BT Financial Group (BTFG) has appointed a senior executive from Suncorp to join its insurance and investments business. Gerard McDermott has been named head of general insurance in the division. He joins from Suncorp where he was most recently executive ...