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Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The just-released RBA Financial Aggregates report for May show that Australia's credit state of affairs continues. Total private sector credit growth inched up from 4.9% in the year to April to 5% last month. While this put a stop to the four straight ...

Australian end of financial year sale

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... S&P 500 index closed 0.9% lower last night (the Nasdaq even more, down 1.4%) while the Stoxx Europe fell by 1.3%. [To see Ben's Australian private sector credit analysis, click here.] Bloggeratis point their fingers at recent comments by the head honchos ...

Former Ausbil managers start small-cap fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
The former managers of Ausbil's microcap team have started their own funds management firm. Tony Waters and Chris Prunty - who abruptly left Ausbil last month - have established QVG Capital with a view to officially launch in September. The firm's name ...

Zagga pitches alternative asset class

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
A new marketplace lender is hoping to turn traditional investing on its head with a pitch to wholesale and sophisticated investors. Speaking at Zagga's Australian launch event in Sydney, company chief executive Alan Greenstein told potential investors ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
Investors are missing out on return premiums of up to 1.5% per annum simply because they are too focused on quarterly earnings and short-term gains. Moving out of a short-termism mentality requires a "major shift" in asset managers' mindset and skills ...

Independence definition too restrictive: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Philip Kewin said ASIC's interpretation of the terms "independent", "impartial" and "unbiased" is too restrictive. Kewin's comments follow yesterday's news that the regulator had received legal advice ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Asset managers are finding it tough to achieve growth as a result of investors demanding better portfolio diversification and value for money. That is the view of about two-thirds of 500 global institutional investors highlighted in a State Street study ...

WTW recruits FINEX Australasia lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
Willis Towers Watson will welcome a QBE national manager as head of FINEX - Australasia. The global advisory firm has appointed Jill Stewart to lead the local division, which brings together experts in financial, executive and professional risks, mergers ...

APRA finalises senior executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... creation of a position to oversee its risk and data analytics division. As of 1 July 2017, APRA's current chief risk officer Ben Gully will become executive general manager, specialised institutions division. Gully has been at the regulator for about ...

The Fed's inflation and asset price conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen revealed her thoughts on inflation, inflation expectations and asset valuations when she spoke before the British Academy 'President's Lecture' in London last night. Yellen reiterated the message from the 14 June ...