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William Blair opens three funds to Australian investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... that will give long term consistent quality growth. We only use benchmarks as a reference guide, never as a guiding principle for how we invest." William Blair has had an office in Australia for the last 18 months, having hired head of Australia and ...

The art of fighting without fighting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... might have said thanks but no thanks to IMF's Lagarde's prescription but he looks to be applying that other super hero's principle - "the art of fighting without fighting" (Bruce Lee, "Enter the Dragon"). I don't have to explain how lower bond yields ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... million a year with further savings of some $90 million in implementation costs," he said. He continued: "We support the principle of FoFA, however we believe the current law poses unnecessary burdens on regulatory burdens on industry and reduces that ...

NZ Super Fund invests in N American energy

PAUL MCBETH, AAP  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
New Zealand Superannuation Fund will invest up to $US250 million ($A277.12 million) with New York Stock Exchange-listed KKR to gain exposure to North American energy markets created by shale oil and gas resources. The fund will invest up to $US175m ...

SEC prioritises cybersecurity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
Speculation is growing in the US that the financial regulator will impose uniform cybersecurity standards across firms operating in the financial system. Awareness of cybersecurity as a systemic threat has risen following realisation that the financial ...

Asia Funds Passport on shaky ground

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2014
... make it less expensive for local fund manages to offer products to investors across the region. Stockell said while the principle makes sense, many Asian nations already have trade agreements in place with one another and see the European UCITS model ...

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has entered an in-principle agreement to offer its members a white label version of MetLife's new suite of retirement products, MetLife Max. The new offering, which offers accumulation, transition to retirement (TTR) and ...

MetLife launches long-awaited retirement product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... whom MetLife will distribute the product, had responded very favourably. Local Government Super has also entered an in-principle agreement to white label the product. LGS chief executive Peter Lambert said: "The reality is that there are members that ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Bloody Vladimir! This must be what US President Barack Obama thought after two-time (2000-2008 and 2012-present) Russian President and two-time (1999-2000 and 2008-2012) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "asked" and "got" the Russian Parliament's ...

Advisers to review privacy compliance

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
Advisers have until March 12, 2014, to ensure their privacy compliance measures meet new privacy principles. The new Australian Privacy Principles require personal information to be handled in an open and transparent way, which means that financial ...