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Central banks still got their mojo

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
Waning. Impotent. Ineffective. End-game. These were some of the adjectives applied to the major central banks' "non-conventional" policy stimuli of recent years. Terms, that when mentioned with the word "lift" alongside the Fed and the loss of faith ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The financial planning industry and financial advisers have largely welcomed the federal government's decision to drop the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

The twenty-first night of September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
"Do you remember twenty-first night of September? Before you go cold like December And all you saw were cloudy days..." - September Gospel musician Kirk Franklin's reprisal of 'Earth, Wind & Fire's' classic September could become a hit come the "twenty-first ...

Advisers need to control the finance food chain

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
The food chain of financial advice has long been the wrong way around and needs to change, says Implemented Portfolios' co-founder and chief executive of strategic development Santi Burridge. Speaking at the recent Financial Standard Managed Accounts ...

ECPAM wins mandate, grows investment team

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
ECP Asset Management (ECPAM), the investment boutique set up by Hyperion Asset Management founder Dr Manny Pohl, has secured its third institutional mandate and made an addition to its investment team. Sam Byrnes has joined the firm in the newly created ...

NAS launches ESG reporting service

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
NAB Asset Servicing has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) insight reporting service, allowing clients to assess and monitor a range of ESG metrics. The service provides the firm's asset servicing clients including superannuation ...

Monash fund added to two platforms

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
The Monash Absolute Investment Fund has been added to both the Netwealth and Macquarie Wrap Super and Non-Super platforms. Founded in 2012, Sydney-based Monash Investors is an absolute return Australian equity specialist established by Simon Shields ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Institutional investors are calling for metrics to analyse companies' environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in the belief that these can correlate with positive financial performance. Michele Giuditta, associate director at global analytics ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ...