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LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... prudent business practices. Hunter Hall chief investment officer Peter Hall said the portfolio's relatively high weighting of gold and cash, and low exposure to European financials meant "we were well positioned for the Brexit shock and the negative ...

ASIC accepts EU from My Adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... was interested in the conduct of Arion Financial and its predecessor Sleipner Financial (collectively Arion). Arion was a Gold Coast financial advice business and was a corporate authorised representative of My Adviser from August 2012 to September 2014. ...

Robeco appoints sales manager from Goldman Sachs

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Robeco Australia has appointed a new regional sales manager. Sam Besley joins Robeco's Melbourne office from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, where he was a key account manager. Prior to that, he was a business development manager at Fidelity Worldwide ...

QV Equities posts solid year

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
... the return lagged its benchmark. "The benchmark return (14.7%) reflects strong gains by the cyclical materials sector, with gold miners also rallying strongly following an increase in the gold price, while stocks such as iron ore miner Fortescue were ...

Sell everything (again?)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... stock markets should be down massively but investors seem to have been hypnotized that nothing can go wrong." He's betting on gold and gold miners. Bond market king Bill Gross echoes Gundlach view, "If we see fiscal stimulation in Japan China and ultimately ...

Hunter Hall delivers profit boost

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... Value Growth Trust and Hunter Hall Global Value Limited, which are our largest portfolios, with about 20% in cash, 20% in gold stocks and 60% in relatively undervalued stocks with a small to mid-cap bias. "We are, however, finding more interesting opportunities ...

Franklin Templeton appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
Franklin Templeton has appointed a new head of distribution for Australia and New Zealand. Jim McKay was previously Franklin Templeton's director - advisory services. Prior to that, he was head of distribution and head of wholesale business at ING INvestment ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... have already been launched, the BetaShares Global Energy Companies ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: FUEL), the BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and the BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). "The five ETFs ...

Greencape wins top Zenith rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
... Wholesale Broadcap Fund were upgraded from Recommended to Highly Recommended. The ratings join existing 'Highly Recommended' and 'Gold' ratings for the funds from Lonsec (awarded in October 2015) and Morningstar (September 2015). Based in Melbourne ...

BetaShares launches new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... provider BetaShares has added two new exchange traded funds to its growing stable. The new products are BetaShares Global Gold Miners ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: MNRS) and BetaShares Global Banks ETF - Currency Hedged (ASX: BNKS). Both are hedged into ...