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Implemented Portfolios appoints former Genesys chief

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Implemented Portfolios has appointed a new executive chair. Greg Kirk has been on the firm's board since 2013. Prior to that, he held chief executive roles at Genesys, Challenger Financial Planning, and was also managing director, financial planning ...

Australian hedge funds on course to reach $100bn

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
Treasury reforms, financial innovation and growing demand is driving interest in Australia's hedge fund industry, according to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association. Currently managing $96.9 ...

FEATURE: Managed accounts - more than meets the eye

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
David Heather has been waiting for managed accounts to take off since 2001. The managedaccounts.com.au chief executive has watched interest grow across the investment spectrum, from large institutions to retail accumulators, but he's never seen any ...

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... governor Haruhiko Kuroda is scheduled to speak today and more likely than not, he'll be echoing Peter's words. Or perhaps, Kuroda san would simply replace "Governing Council" to "Policy Board" and that's speech done.

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
Australians all let us rejoice... for that recession we've long been longing to have might be just around the next bend. By now, Virginia, you would have read all about "Bloody Monday" - when "ASX loses $60 billion in worst day since the GFC" (9news.com.au) ...

Hedge funds face brain drain

LAURA MILLAN, MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
Hedge funds should be thriving in the unusual low return environment. But instead of turning to the rock stars of funds management, investors are choosing safer and cheaper options. As managers warn about an Australian brain drain, experts talk about ...

Insto investor acquires $236.6m US property

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... venture with Forest City Enterprises of eight high-quality retail assets. The Shops at Tanforan is a shopping centre in the San Francisco Bay area of San Bruno, California. The approximately 91,000 square metre property is not far from the area where ...

Easing cycle over for now

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
The Reserve Bank's two-pronged monetary easing measures look to have come to an end but our central bankers will remain watchful of the currency, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management executive director and global fixed income portfolio manager ...

Bendigo wealth earnings fall 20pct despite acquisition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank cash earnings for its wealth management division are down 20.5%, despite the acquisition of a stake in a superannuation fund. Australia's fifth largest bank reported its results for the year to 30 June 2015 and confirmed that ...

Most life insurance consumers open to genetic testing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
A majority of consumers would accept genetic testing for detecting life-threatening conditions as part of their risk assessments for life insurance, research found. A recent survey of 134 insurance employees and their personal contacts by global life ...