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Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) made two appointments to its Asia-Pacific committee. LIM Advisors founder and chief investment officer George Long, and Dymon Capital Asia chief investment officer Danny Yong join the global standard-setting body ...

Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... to provide them with investment opportunities. Develop - or refresh - your social media strategy I've found that many advisors either lack a social media presence or have a stale online persona, which is understandable considering the restrictions that ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... expected to receive salvation from President-elect Trump come the New Year. That is a key takeout of State Street Global Advisors' latest report, 'After a Year of Unthinkables', which highlights the opportunities for investors in the $24 billion Australian ...

Secure your seat at Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... environments and their potential impact on the year ahead. This year the audience will also hear from State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of investments for Asia Pacific, Kevin Anderson; J.P. Morgan chief economist and head of fixed income and FX ...

Pengana boosts adviser distribution footprint

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... executive Russel Pillemer said. "Overall, our focus on active benchmark-unaware strategies strikes a chord with investors and advisors. It reduces an investors' exposure to market sensitivity and volatility and can deliver critical returns in these unpredictable ...

Global equities fund becomes 'Recommended'

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... unaware exposure to the international equities market. Zenith holds a positive view on the sub-investment manager, Davis Advisors. Its conviction in the fund is based on Zenith's "assessment of the investment team and portfolio manager, which we believe ...

Finsia scholarship winner named

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... innovate and be creative in how we deliver work and charge for it, and they're demanding gender and ethnically diverse advisors with a range of perspectives to bring to bear," Cassidy said. "There are no signs that the rate of change is slowing. Wharton ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... the board is former Franklink Templeton head of institutional sales Keri Pratt, Lodrino's Annika Bradley, and Frontier Advisors director Kim Bowater. IMCA Australia chair Brett Elvish, said the appointments come in a time of transition for the association ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... advice. The measures in the Bill will reduce these high upfront commissions and better align the interests of financial advisors and their clients." "The changes will significantly reduce the incentive for advisors to churn clients between life insurance ...

FinaMetrica partners for risk profiling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... excited to be working with FinaMetrica as part of our drive to constantly look for ways to improve our service for both advisors and their end clients. Risk profiling certainly looks set to become a key addition to our existing toolkit for advisers given ...