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ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Foreign investors can access China through an increasing number of channels. A-shares, H-shares and government bonds are the talk of the town in the world's buzziest financial districts. But there are still risks when investing in such a complex and ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

Perpetual sheds $3 billion

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... depreciating markets and a further $1.6 billion to net outflows, especially from its Australian equities institutional channel, which accounted for $1.4 billion of outflows. Perpetual chief executive and managing director Geoff Lloyd stressed that no ...

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... successful multi-boutique model in the European market," he added. "It provides us with a large established distribution channel to UK and European investors and, in addition, has been evolving into a multi-boutique manager much like Fidante Partners ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... broad capability, managers with a broad array of investment strategies, global brand recognition and distribution; and channel leaders, or those focused on specific market segments and with a strong local brand. The research surveyed fund managers investing ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... growth. Analyst at Investment Trends, Irene Guiamatsia, said some banks have been successful at using their retail banking channel to grow a base of young members. "If they become 'customers for life', like transactional banking customers have been ...

Super funds battle with customer interfaces

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... same message, but it will be a message to one person on their best action directed through their preferred communication channel. We are a single service business - a superannuation fund - and are not trying to do anything else. We understand the advantage ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... that the hedge fund investor base is varied; 17% of all investors in 2014 accessed hedge funds through the retail direct channel and 49% through retail indirect through an investor directed portfolio service. The largest net exposure for hedge funds ...

Is content king for super funds?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... little or no sensitivity to the interests of their daily audiences. It is important to be finding new angles for each channel - be it websites, blogs, or social media. This becomes a significant task for someone, potentially writing one story four times. ...

Millennial women rejecting insurance jobs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
Insurance is the least attractive financial services employment sector for women born between 1980 and 1995, according to PwC research. PwC's report, "Female millennials in financial services: strategies for a new era of talent", is based on a global ...