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Focus on yield is distorting asset prices: PM Capital

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
Australian investors' strong focus on yield is distorting asset prices and increasing the risk of falling into a "yield trap," PM Capital head of distribution Rob Thompson said. The focus on yield is compromising the risk/reward proposition and introducing ...

QIC appoints independent investment chair

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
Paul Costello has been appointed independent chairman of the QIC Global Infrastructure Investment Committee. Previously managing director of the Future Fund and New Zealand Superannuation Fund's first chief executive, Costello began his new role at ...

CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division contributed strongly to the bank's solid half-year result, increasing funds under administration by 11% and delivering outperformance from 85% of funds over three years. The bank reported a statutory net ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The share market has opened lower amid fears of a Greek debt default. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's vow to stand by his anti-austerity electoral promises are denting global equity markets but locally, the mining giants and consumer discretionary ...

Rainmaker expands its investment capability with key appointment

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
Rainmaker Group, one of Australia's leading diversified financial services and wealth management industry information and publishing groups, has appointed former AMP and AXA head of advice John Dyall. As head of investment research for Rainmaker Information ...

DeVere expands Australian operations

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
DeVere Group, one of the largest financial advice organisations in the world, has launched its second Australian office and named its management team. Following its Melbourne launch in November 2014, deVere has now opened a Sydney office with Richard ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2015
The Australian market looks set to open lower following a weak lead from Wall Street amid growing concerns of a Greek debt default. At 0828 AEDT on Tuesday, the March share price index futures contract was down seven points at 5,753. In a rousing policy ...

AllianceBernstein rebrands

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Global asset manager AllianceBernstein will now be known as AB following a rebrand. The legal name of the company, which has US$474 billion in assets under management, has not changed but it has introduced a new logo. "Our firm has evolved over the ...

La Trobe Pooled Mortgages Option gets record rating

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Credit specialist fund manager La Trobe Financial has been awarded a 'Superior 4 A1/4' star rating by SQM Research (SQM) for its Pooled Mortgages Option. This is the highest rating ever awarded in the mortgage sector by SQM. The fund's Pooled Mortgage's ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
Zenith has given recommended ratings to the Perpetual Wholesale International Fund and to the AMP Capital Australian Property Fund (APF). The Perpetual Wholesale International Fund has retained Zenith's recommended rating following a change of the fund's ...