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AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... also both been licensed by five different dealer groups since December 2014. At the AFA's National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast in October, ANZ Wealth's Alexis George she believes the AFA has a role to play in fact-based mandatory background ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... year return less the risk free rate of return and the three year monthly annualised standard deviation. This ratio is the gold standard for calculating risk-adjusted returns. - Sortino ratio - this is a variant of the Sharpe ratio in that it rewards ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... advancing the industry well beyond its professional status. More than 650 delegates filled RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast in October for what was the 40th anniversary of Association of Financial Advisers conferences. A return to the popular ...

Janus Henderson wins global mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Janus Henderson has won a global fixed interest mandate. Alpha Fund Managers appointed the actively managed Janus Henderson Global Fixed Interest Total Return Fund to its growing list of multi-managed funds. Janus Henderson manages more than $101 billion ...

T. Rowe Price expands local distribution team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price is bolstering its Australian presence with the appointment of four new members to its distribution team. Key hires include Ben Daly as institutional focused relationship manager in Sydney and Richard Li as senior ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
... services credits fell $903m (3%) to $31,871m. Non-rural goods fell $1,074m (5%) and rural goods fell $85m (2%). Non-monetary gold rose $362m (24%) and net exports of goods under merchanting rose $12m (25%). Services credits fell $118m (2%)". The report ...

Active manager launches credit strategy

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
A Melbourne-based active fund manager is unveiling its absolute credit strategy to local and international institutional investors this week. Yarra Capital Management has announced the launch of its Yarra Absolute Credit Strategy, a new diversified ...

Banks feeling heat as MiFID II looms: Liquidnet

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2017
The January 3 deadline for the EU's MiFID II regime should serve as a warning for banks offering mediocre bundled research products, according to Liquidnet founder and chief executive Seth Merrin. Speaking to Financial Standard, Merrin said that now ...

SelectingSuper winners crowned

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... guest speaker Hayley Lewis inspired attendees with tales of her journey from eight-year-old Olympic hopeful to winning five gold medals and one bronze at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, reminding the audience of the importance of setting goals, good time ...

SSGA sales head lands top job, successor named

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The head of managed fund sales at State Street Global Advisors in Australia is relocating to the US headquarters in Boston for a senior role. Starting in the new year, Amy Johnston will lead a sales team across the Americas servicing corporates, endowments ...