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Franklin Templeton fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... report Lonsec said: "The Fund is considered best in class, with a highly quality research process coupled with a strong focus on managing appropriate levels of risk within the portfolio and versus the benchmark." The fund's investment team draws on Franklin ...

Aspen Group appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
Property investment manager Aspen Group has appointed a new chief executive. Joel Cann joins Aspen from AMB Capital Partners, where he was the founding managing director; like Aspen, AMB focused on property investment via 360 Capital Property Group ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... sophisticated machine learning models enable new patterns to be detected that humans can't easily spot. We believe our enhanced focus on machine learning will be strongly supportive of the evolution of our quantitative investment strategies." The survey ...

No new monetary policy moves on horizon: AB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... requirements to pay for keeping money on deposit with the European Central Bank. It was at this time, he says, that the focus started to shift toward the potential for fiscal policy to break the stalemate and Japan, whose negative interest rate policy ...

NAB pays $6.5m to resolve advice complaints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... improve our transparency and openness. I'm pleased that we are continuing to meet those commitments," Hagger said. "Our focus is to do the right thing by our customers. We believe the way that we have structured our work has helped to deliver more money ...

Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... remains ajar for firms such as Infocus to continue recruitment of adviser businesses, however "we don't believe the industry's focus on adviser numbers as a success metric is the right one." "Taking into account a more balanced or risk-weighted view ...

Well-known advice firms merge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Two of Australia's eminent financial advice businesses are expected to merge by the end of November. Evans & Partners and Dixon Advisory have entered an agreement to form new entity Evans Dixon. The merger will see the existing businesses retain their ...

Lonsec increases global exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Lonsec has shifted the strategic asset allocation weights for its traditional balanced risk profile in order to meet investment objectives. As part of its recent strategic asset allocation review, the investment firm made downward adjustments to its ...

Valuation dispersion creating opportunity for instos to retilt

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The dispersion in valuations between the cheapest and the most expensive stocks is the widest it has been at any point since the dotcom boom, according to the founder of global asset manager Pzena Investment Management. The most expensive quintile of ...

Former Westpac adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
ASIC has banned a former Westpac adviser from providing financial services for four years. Michael Mahoney of Adelaide has been disqualified after an ASIC investigation found that he engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct during his time as a Westpac ...