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VanEck partners to launch ETF model portfolios

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
VanEck will launch a range of model portfolios to advisers using exchange-traded funds, in partnership with an investment researcher. Using Lonsec's portfolio construction research, the VanEck ETF Model Portfolio series comprises balanced, growth and ...

Bennelong loses head of distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Bennelong Funds Management has said goodbye to its head of distribution after almost nine years of service. Andrew Aitken left this month, with a brief statement from the fund manager citing family reasons as the driver. "Andrew Aitken, previously head ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
With friends like these, who needs Kim Jong-un! Just when the drumbeats of war - the nuclear kind - have recently been withdrawing from the headlines, US president Donald Trump could be starting another, a trade war. Sure, Trump's protectionist' policy ...

Japan to drive real assets globally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Years of low growth and low yield in Japan has impacted investor sentiment and behaviour in a unique way, with its ¥500 trillion institutional investment market now expected to play a key role in funding the world's infrastructure and real estate. ...

The challenging nature of ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
Initiatives to increase ethics in financial services can be likened to endurance events in the sporting arena. That is the view of Clare Payne - former endurance swimmer and consulting fellow for Ethics in Banking and Finance with The Ethics Centre. ...

Financial Standard wins prestigious award

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Financial Standard journalist Alex Burke has been honoured for a series of feature articles on retirement income, winning an award at the Australian Citi Journalism Awards for Excellence. Burke was judged winner of the Markets and Investment category ...

Finance and insurance job market strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Recruitment firm Robert Half believes the demand for finance and insurance professionals is forecast to grow in 2017. Based on the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the finance and insurance sector added 850 roles between November ...

Crowdfunding legislation gets greenlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
The newly passed equity crowdfunding legislation will give businesses unprecedented access to alternate sources of capital - an opportunity many have been waiting for, according to FinTech Australia. The Senate passed the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-Sourced ...

Bravura Solutions appoints new COO and sales head

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... business development APAC, and was previously Bravura Solutions' chief operating officer APAC. Filling Tong's COO position is Jon Alder. He was previously head of operations Australia and Asia. A Bravura Solutions spokesperson confirmed the appointments ...

MW Lomax grows geographic footprint

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... expansion that will elevate the position of MW Lomax in the growing wealth and financial services market within Australia," said Jon White, group managing director at MW Lomax. "Focus has been of great assistance throughout the deal process and we are ...