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The disconnect at the heart of financial services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... "hidden variable" in quantifying investment performance. Joking that State Street picked phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet - because "the asset management industry had already used up all the other letters," Shead outlined how motivation had ...

Quantifeed launches portfolio for car lovers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... development of self-driving cars, including technology providers and vehicle part suppliers. Current holdings include Tesla, Alphabet, Delphi and Nvidia. "We've carefully selected companies who are currently benefiting from the new automotive technologies ...

Younger investors flock to offshore equities

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... by 91%; Gen Y raised their turnover by 73%. The former showed a strong preference for stocks such as Tesla, Microsoft, Alphabet, Wells Fargo, Lloyds and Berkshire Hathaway, while the latter took an interest in technology and videogame companies including ...

PM Capital LIC director resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... driven by its exposure to European domestic banking franchises, Macau gaming companies, alternative asset managers, and Alphabet. The Asian Opportunities Fund also performed well, benefitting particularly from investments in gaming in Macau and investment ...

Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... leading to major breakthroughs in longevity. In the medium term, Magellan's top four holdings - Apple, Microsoft, Visa and Alphabet - are aimed at benefitting from advances in cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence; the move to a cashless ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... - perhaps unsurprisingly - of leading technology, social media and telecommunications names on the US index including Alphabet (index weight of 14.16%), Apple (8.16%), Microsoft (4.91%), Twitter (3.86%), Intel Corp (2.27%) and AT&T (1.61%). Companies ...

Appetite for international shares up 50% with major broker

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... NASDAQ stock market. The ETF invests in NASDAQ's 100 largest companies by market cap, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, Intel, Gilead and Cisco. NASDAQ global vice president and head of index research and development, Dave Gedeon ...

Liam Shorte named FS Smileys Scholar of the Year

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte has won this year's Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence (SMILEYS) Scholarship. The FS Smileys Scholarship, proudly supported by Financial Standard's scholarship partner ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
The 2014 finalists of the Financial Standard Social Media Influence, Leadership + Excellence Scholarship (or "the Smileys"), sponsored by Zurich and IRESS were announced today ahead of the awarding of the Scholarship in Sydney on Tuesday 13th November. ...

Financial Standard unveils Digital Dozen in social media

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013