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Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... projected to rise 15 percent in 2017. Precious metals prices are projected to fall 1 percent in 2017, but with some divergence. Gold prices are expected to decline 2 percent on expected further U.S. interest rate increases this year. Silver and platinum ...

ANZ and ETFS cut ties

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... founded by Australian entrepreneur Graham Tuckwell. ETFS Australia will also introduce five ETFS global products: ETFS Physical Gold, ETFS Physical Palladium, ETFS Physical PM Basket, ETFS Physical Platinum and ETFS Physical Silver. The market makers ...

AllianceBernstein sees global leadership shake-up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
AllianceBernstein abruptly overhauled its global leadership team, replacing its chief executive and appointing three new directors. Parent company AXA Financial terminated chief executive Peter Kraus and appointed Seth Bernstein as president and chief ...

Trump versus Kim

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... the launch button. This would induce heightened volatility in the financial markets and benefit safe-haven assets such as gold but equities would be particularly susceptible to a correction given their relatively high valuations.

Deutsche Bank appoints Australian chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
A former Goldman Sachs partner was named as the new chief executive of Deutsche Bank's Australia and New Zealand business. Anthony Miller will succeed Michael Ormaechea who is set to retire in June after 22 years of service. Miller will relocate to ...

Morningstar downgrades Franklin Templeton parent rating

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... are four funds mentioned in Lucas' analysis: Franklin Rising Dividends (rated neutral), Templeton Global Bond (still rated gold), Franklin Income (rated bronze) and Franklin High Income (rated neutral). It's worth noting the parent pillar, which concerns ...

Not as good as the headline

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... services (up 1%); net exports under mercantiling (0%) - not that spectacular. Rural goods exports dropped by 5.0%. "Non-monetary gold" exports remained as volatile as always, up 33% in February after dropping by 18% in the previous month. Cyclone Debbie ...

Yarra Capital recruits senior VFMC manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
A Victorian Funds Management Corporation senior credit portfolio manager will join Yarra Capital Management's investment team. Taking on a role as senior investment manager in the fixed income team, credit specialist Phil Strano will join the firm in ...

VFMC appoints new CIO, COO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
Victorian Funds Management Corporation named its new chief investment officer, recruiting a global executive from Mercer. Current Mercer global chief investment officer (Mainstream Assets) and chief investment officer (Pacific) Russell Clarke will replace ...

Advisers to consult on ASIC's behalf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
ASIC has formed a committee comprising practicing financial advisers in a bid to improve the advice industry's engagement with the regulator. The Financial Advisers Consultative Committee (FACC) will complement ASIC's existing engagement with the industry ...