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SMSFs eye offshore assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Self-managed super fund (SMSF) investors have signaled much stronger appetite for investing offshore compared to their non-self-managed counterparts. According to the latest Certitude Global Investing Intentions Index (CGIII) report, 50% of SMSF investors ...

CFSGAM commits to published stewardship principles

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... this commitment one step further by formally developing this global set of stewardship principles across our global investment business." The issue of responsible investment is gathering momentum in the pensions and investments world and is particularly ...

Vanguard appoints head of investment strategy and research

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013
... guidance to our clients across the Asia-Pacific region," Vanguard chief economist Joseph Davis, who leads the global investment strategy group, said. Johnson will relocate to Australia from the US in early 2014.

Index portfolios mask geographical risks

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2013
... company does its business and not where it receives its post," he continued. Budden added that only a truly global investment manager, with the resources to put researchers and analysts on the ground in multiple countries around the globe, can have a ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... international equity is not just a faddish response to ambiguous signals from the US Federal Reserve. Certitude Global Investment chief executive Craig Mowll said it was surprising that general global funds overtook Asian funds as the second most popular ...

Westpac and BT launch SIV service

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2013
... relocation, employment, schooling and medical services. SIV customers have access to a private banker and to BT's Global Investment Team private wealth division. Westpac's SIV customers invest through a Flexible Investment Account that has access to ...

Praemium to host 5 more BetaShares ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
The Praemium SMA platform has agreed to include five more BetaShares exchange traded funds that focus on domestic equities strategies, currencies and commodities. The new inclusions take to 10 the number of BetaShares ETFs the Praemium SMA will host. ...

Global investment banking fees up 3% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2013
Fees earned from global investment banking services rose 3% in the first nine months of 2013 from a year ago, according to Thomson Reuters data. Fees from services ranging from mergers and acquisitions advisory to capital markets underwriting, earned ...

UBS nabs head of Investment Strategy from CFS

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013
... April. McNaughton will be responsible for Australian economic and investment research which are key inputs to Global Investment Solutions' (GIS) Australian multi-asset strategies. She will also join the Australian Investment Committee, chaired by Keiko ...

SMSFs show appetite for direct overseas shares

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2013
... Roger Montgomery, Russell Muldoon and Chris Batchelor, reached the conclusion by analysing the take up of its Global investment product. "As a rule, SMSF investors tend to be active investors and at the forefront of seeking out tools to assist with their ...