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Aberdeen launches $700m liquid alternatives fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
Aberdeen Asset Management has launched its $700 million Aberdeen Alternative Strategies Fund (AASF). By using what Aberdeen described as an "Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulated investment structure," the ...

PROFILE: AvSuper chief executive Michelle Wade

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... writer, she wasn't interested in that career and moved into fashion and music. "It was terrific. It was great fun and very dynamic but it wasn't particularly intellectually stimulating," Wade says. By 1998 Wade had moved to Melbourne with her AAS role ...

The horse still refuses to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015
The tsunami that has swept the financial market world last week right through to Monday has left and gone... and once more, the sun shines and the sky's blue. This means that the Fed can go ahead and lift, right Virginia? More so after last night's ...

Kinetic Super appoints acting chief

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... in superannuation and financial services." Commenting on her appointment, Thomas said, "I'm very proud to join such a dynamic, high-performing fund. We'll continue our drive to deliver innovative services and strong investment returns to our members. ...

Fintech start-ups painted as future heroes

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Sydney fintech hub Stone and Chalk is aiming for Australia's entrepreneurs, technologists, scientists and mathematicians to receive the same status and respect as the country's sporting heroes. At the colourful Stone and Chalk official opening last ...

SSFS meets client demand for phone advice

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
State Super Financial Services (SSFS) developed its Wollongong-based "client hub" to deliver over-the-phone financial advice based on client research, according to SSFS general manager, financial planning Sean Bradley. Speaking to Financial Standard ...

NZ Super eyes glass to smash returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Super Fund's head of international direct investment, Nigel Gormly, will take a seat on the board of View - which develops dynamic-tinted glass products across North America. The glass allows building occupants to control light and glare as well as preserve ...

Difficult year for insurance income: CBA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev said it had been a difficult year for life insurance income and more work needs to be done to make its product attractive. Yesterday the bank announced a $9.1 billion cash profit for the past financial year ...

Advisers looking to offer MDA services

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... advisory segment," he added. "Advisers who are thinking about the future of advice don't see wraps as the way forward for dynamic client-centric businesses and they're looking to partner with us to deliver a complementary investment and administration ...

Make it December (for now)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
Scratch September. Make that December. That's the Fed lift-off Virginia. And just so you and I don't miss that point, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) even quoted Douglas Borthwick -- head of foreign exchange Chapdelaine & Co - saying that, "I'm ...