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Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
Perpetual is willing to break away from its value investing heritage as it looks for new investment managers to add to its lineup. Perpetual Investments, which brings almost half of the company's operating profits, reported a 29% slump in its profits ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's in the Hole - the annual Jackson Hole symposium, that is. Out of or deeper into the (Jackson) hole? Powell's all too aware that he has to mind his Ps and Qs because his every word would be sliced ...

M&G sets up shop down under

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
London-headquartered M&G Investments opened the doors to its first Australian offices. The new offices, in Sydney and Melbourne, are a natural extension of the real estate manager's existing footprint in Australia, M&G global head of real estate Tony ...

Best online brokers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
New research from Investment Trends has revealed the online brokers with the most satisfied customers in Australia. Bell Direct, CMC Markets and SelfWealth clients report the most satisfaction with their online broker. Bell Direct ranked first with ...

Chief economist update: The hazard of being a safe haven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
We're now all too familiar with the heightened volatility in financial markets; the slowdown in global economic growth, led by rising expectations for a US recession (and perhaps, Germany); the trade war - US and China, Japan and South Korea; Brexit ...

Mainstream shelves super admin business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
Mainstream Group Holdings is moving away from providing superannuation administration services to industry and corporate funds to focus instead on growing its public offer super fund. The ASX-listed firm announced today the super admin business will ...

EY bolsters financial services law team

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
Global management consultancy Ernst and Young boosted its local financial services legal team with the appointment of an alternative investments specialist. Former Norton Rose Fullbright partner Nikki Bentley joined EY Australia this month as a partner ...

Charles Schwab reverses out of Australia again

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The American investing giant is shutting down its Sydney office less than two years after it came back to Australia for round two, according to a letter sent to investors. Charles Schwab's Frenchs Forest based office led by managing director John-Paul ...

Netwealth FUA, adviser numbers rise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
A number of financial advisers who flocked to wealth management institutions for Netwealth as a result of the banking Royal Commission have helped boost the platform's funds under administration by 30% to $23.3 billion. Financial results for the ...

Chief economist update: US recession a sure thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
The United States will be in recession a year or so from now. There I called it! But at the same time, I'm hoping that I'm wrong. US recession fears - resulting from the negative spread between the yield on 10-year and two-year US Treasuries ...