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Martin Currie cautious on dividend growth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
... candidates for income funds, according to one Australian equity house. At a Martin Currie Australia briefing in Sydney yesterday, head of Australian equity research Michael Slack said these companies, particularly commodity businesses, have got to start ...

Confused environment leads to Aussie stock volatility

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
... season. This is the view of Avoca Investment Management portfolio manager John Campbell, who told a briefing in Sydney yesterday that Australia's reporting season "saw some extreme volatility in stock prices at both ends of the spectrum." "Daily price ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... allocators wanting to go to 20% looking across the spectrum of alternatives." Speaking to Financial Standard in Sydney yesterday, Kodmani pointed out that in the last five years US public plans had doubled their alternatives allocation from US$90 billion ...

Healthcare needs flagged as investment opportunity

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
... was the sleeping giant of the Australian economy. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum in Sydney yesterday, Toth said healthcare in Australia employs more people than any other industry - currently up to about 13% of the workforce. ...

Financial Synergy makes big play in big data

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... the widely-used Acurity platform. Financial Synergy chief executive Stephen Mackley told a media briefing in Sydney yesterday that embedding OpenText's big data analytics will allow super funds of all sizes to discover the "hidden value of their data." ...

SMSFs to remain popular despite political uncertainty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... increase, regardless of government changes to the retirement income system," Philpot told a media briefing in Sydney yesterday. "With advances in technology and streamlined administration, the cost of running an SMSF has decreased substantially over ...

Morningstar says retirees need balance

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
... going on in Australia, we feel like our solutions around retirement can be very valuable," she told a briefing in Sydney yesterday. "We have started the process of bringing some of those solutions here because we can see these challenges on the horizon. ...

Retirement incomes become industry focus

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... investment. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' (ACFS) Funding Australia's Future forum in Sydney yesterday, Vamos said super's current structure does not necessarily make it feasible for retirement income stream products to be rolled ...

CFAs told ASIC is for the consumer

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... banks, Macquarie and AMP. Speaking at the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Australian Investment Conference in Sydney yesterday, Medcraft said the surveillance was focusing on two particular areas - advice compliance and bad apples. "We are looking ...

Super funds cautious about administration

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... long-standing and new clients. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) event in Sydney yesterday, AvSuper chair George Fishlock said Link Group's acquisition of Superpartners has delayed the fund's own administration transition. ...