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Advisers need to collaborate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
... decline in collaboration between practices in recent years. "Maybe it's because we're busy, but talking to other advisers isn't giving information away to a competitor," Fox said. He added, "We learn more from each other because we already have the knowledge ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... very good for members." This wouldn't be an issue if super investment teams had direct access to members, but obviously that isn't the case. "If you had a closer and deeper relationship with clients you could talk through the cost-benefit analysis on ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... up a bit of resilience to some of the silly things that go on in large organisations over time and believe that the grass isn't always greener somewhere else. "I've always set my stock by doing a superb job of whatever I'm doing right now and let the ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The distinction between active and passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically ...

86 billion Euros are in the mail, just

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... Greeks rejected and then... agree to stricter austerity measures plus fiscal oversight plus sequestration of assets. This isn't a saga, it's a comedy of epic proportions! Alexis snap 5 July referendum backfired, it revealed his hand - the Greeks want ...

PwC acquires Smorgon family office business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... of the family with the same depth and rigour as they assess the health of the business, looking at what's working and what isn't."

Extensions - What the Greeks await and the Russians hate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... will be tomorrow night. That's when the fat lady sings. I still maintain that she'll be singing a happy melody. However, this isn't the end of Europe's problems. For while I'm reasonably confident that Greece's creditors would again extend a lifeline ...

Investors pretending there's value in the market

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... refugees searching for yield," he said. "Everyone is forcing themselves to pretend there is value in the equity market when there isn't. There are a lot of stocks where people say, 'they must be cheap because the bond yield is next to nothing and the ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... was the order of that day. And deym if you still have doubts that a recession, no matter how much many of us long for it, isn't forthcoming... at least, in the near term. Yes, yes, we're having it bad... but 'the others' are having it bad-er -- specifically ...

FEATURE: Defending wealth

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... annuities provide a guaranteed fixed income stream over a specific term - these range from one year to total lifetime - which isn't taxable once the investor turns 60. (If an investor chooses, capital can also be returned at the end of the term as a ...