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Two-fifths of Australians upping overseas exposure

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... domestic economy, particularly the mining sector, was beginning to have an impact on people's investment decisions. The research found Australian investors are looking to increase the international allocation in their portfolios by 70%. The CGIII surveyed ...

Former Deutsche AM CEO joins Brookvine

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013
... Natalie Hall, who was promoted to client services director, and of Alison Stauss, who was made strategic accounts and research manager. Like O'Brien, Stauss was formerly at Deutsche Asset Management. Steven Hall said: "We're broadening our reach. As ...

Life insurance risk sees downfall in sales

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... annual growth was 20.7% during the last year. However, BT is the eight business in Australia in terms of market share. The research shows that the life insurance risk market has grown 10.2% over the last year, with group risk insurance being the fastest ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... is the world's largest investor in alternative assets with almost $95 billion invested in infrastructure, according to research by Towers Watson and the Financial Times. Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached ...

Fossil fuel companies to be rendered 'worthless': IMPAX

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... demand and tighter global regulation on carbon dioxide emissions, according to IMPAX Asset Management, which said new research shows that exposure to fossil fuels has negatively impacted returns in the energy sector. "Eliminating the fossil fuel sector ...

Fresh-faced Altair attracts ING and AMP talent

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... Altair. This comes hot on the heels of the appointment of her ING colleague David Langford, who was appointed head of research and process at Altair last month. Altair has also appointed former AMP Capital portfolio manager Alvin Chan to the role of ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... investments have bounced back from GFC-losses to post equity-like returns, but with lower volatility, according to the Lonsec Research review of the asset class. The Lonsec Infrastructure Securities Sector Review, which covered nine infrastructure securities ...

Fidelity set to expand Australian presence

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... week following the departure of previous country head Gerard Doherty in March. "I've been really impressed by Fidelity's research footprint. There are 380 investment professionals outside of the US and it was a draw for me to come and understand how ...

Banks missing super cross-selling opportunities

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... have their personal super with their bank, showing that banks are missing a huge cross-selling opportunity. Roy Morgan Research has just released a report that shows that only than 10.4% of the personal customers of any major bank who have superannuation ...

Financial planners opt for software homogeneity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
The financial planning software market is looking more and more like a one-horse race, according to research by Investment Trends. In its May 2013 Planner Technology Report, Investment Trends found that IRESS's platform XPLAN has increased its market ...