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Capital Group rethinks global investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2016
Global investment manager Capital Group has launched its US global equity strategy in Australia. The New Perspective fund focuses on trends in global trade and economic and political relationships rather than specific industries or regions. The newly ...

Findex announces major business restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015
Findex has announced it will transition to a new operating model which will be carried across to all businesses in the group. Under the new model, Findex businesses including Crowe Horwath accountants, Centric Wealth, Financial Index Wealth Accountants ...

Zurich appoints political risk head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015
Zurich has appointed the head of its Melbourne credit and political risk operations. Clive Mok joins the Melbourne office after working for Zurich for eight years in Hong Kong. Prior to that, he held roles at QBE and Gerling. Commenting on the growing ...

Henderson completes acquisition of IOOF boutiques

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
Henderson Group has completed its acquisition of two funds management businesses from IOOF Holdings. Announced on 2 June 2015, the deal sees the dual UK and Australia listed global investment business takeover two Perennial investment management boutiques ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Following the release of the Tax Discussion Paper, Treasurer Joe Hockey has restated the dangers of an outdated taxation system. In a statement, he noted that Australia's current tax system was "built before the 1950s, before black-and-white televisions ...

APAC asset managers to invest heavily in data

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2015
State Street research suggests that asset managers in the Asia-Pacific region will significantly increase their investment in data management and analytics over the next three years. Based on a survey conducted by Longitude Research, which polled 400 ...

Vale Gwen Fletcher

JULIE BENNETT  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
Australia's First Lady of Financial Planning, Gwen Fletcher passed away peacefully in a Sydney nursing home on Friday 28 February. Gwen played a vital role in extending the financial planning profession beyond America's shores to Australia. It was also ...