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Buffett brings adviser PI products to Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has announced it is introducing professional indemnity products in Australia, including one for financial planners. The new policies are Executive First Directors & Officers Liability ...

Former Mercer consultant launches research platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2016
... asset allocators conduct manager research and due diligence. The new platform aims to speed up the time-consuming and costly round of fund manager surveys conducted by research houses by providing asset allocators with 30 asset class specific survey ...

Financial services among top taxpayers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... during the 2014 financial year or more than 30% of company tax payments. The Australian Tax Office (ATO) released the first round of its corporate tax transparency data yesterday, publishing the tax details of about 1500 large corporate taxpayers. Next ...

Towers Watson boosts hedge fund research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... a senior investment consultant in Sydney. Aongus O'Gorman joins Towers Watson's team in Sydney from boutique consultancy Round Tower Solutions, where he was managing director. O'Gorman will cover a range of hedge fund and other diversifying strategies. ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... strengthen the euro and the yen and other currencies - necessitating even more stimulus from other central banks and then we go round and round "like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel..." Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore... we're stuck ...

Pengana finding plenty to buy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
Investing in toilet paper and toothpaste type companies can feed a fund's growth on a day-to-day basis and help Australian investors survive local equities market turmoil. This is one part of an investment strategy deployed by senior fund manager for ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

ETFs just 5pct of all indexing

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
Despite intense focus on indexed exchange traded funds (ETF), indexed FUM is still 95% sourced from traditional non-ETF indexed mandates and managed funds. Rainmaker has just released its annual state of play wrap of the indexed FUM market and found ...

Aussie fintech partners with Alibaba

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... $150,000 for an 8.33% equity stake in FundX makes the ASX-listed company the largest investor in the recently completed round. In return, FundX will be able to license Collaborate's PeerPass verification platform to support its funding decision making ...

Treysta moves $200 million funds under advice into managed accounts

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
The next generation of financial advisers are in an enviable position to offer investment solutions that have long eluded their predecessors. Mark Nagle, executive director at Treysta Financial Life Management, explains how managed accounts have transformed ...