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Advisers flock to non-insto licensees

ALEX BURKE  |  SUNDAY, 1 OCT 2017
... Easton Investments), Dover Financial, Interprac, Capstone, Akambo, Synchron, Politis, Unison Wealth Management and Hunter Green. Overall, the largest licensees are AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning, SMSF Advisers Network, Commonwealth ...

Transparency to the max

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
Oh drat! There were few events last week to provide a nice entry point to equity markets, ones that could instil caution, if not fear, enough for some to trim their holdings and cheapen share prices. But alas! Most share markets closed stronger. These ...

GSFM scores major alternatives partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... Fund, along with future products. As a result of the partnership, Man Group's head of retail distribution Australia Sam Green will be given further responsibilities and work alongside GSFM. "Alternatives are becoming a larger, and an increasingly important ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
... because you absolutely don't," McDonald said. This is backed by a similar study which shows that income investors can find green opportunity stocks that also deliver high income in almost every sector, including financials, industrials and utilities. ...

Currency trend is not our friend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
Only one thing is certain about floating exchange rates, they float...up and down. A currency's direction would be easier to predict if, and only if, it does not stir up reactions in the macro-economy and central bank policy responses. Take for example ...

Euro strength is a source of weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi's concern over the impact of the euro currency's appreciation, that is. Recall that the ECB had been conspicuous in its silence about the euro since its 20 July ...

Why it shouldn't be called impact investing

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017
... performance - when, in fact, the two are inextricably linked. "Fund managers have yet to come to grips with the fact that green assets are durable assets. If you look at private equity, it's rip it and flog it off in three years. But my duty of care ...

Boring is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2017
Less than a fortnight from now, Philip Lowe celebrates his first anniversary as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) - succeeding Glenn Stevens on 18 September 2016. One thing that could be said about his first year stint as head honcho of ...

Who's afraid of North Korea? Not the South Koreans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
Scary headlines over the prospect of an all-out war between North Korea and the United States (and its allies) continue to flood cyberspace. The latest of which is America's ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley's remark that Kim Jong-un is "begging ...

MainstreamBPO given green light for offshore acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
MainstreamBPO has received regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Ireland and the Cayman Investment Monetary Authority to acquire an international fund administrator for US$5 million. As previously flagged in May, MainstreamBPO entered into a ...