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Managed accounts forum to address vertical integration, best practice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... are Stanford Brown, The Wealth Partnership, Eikon Financial, Viridian Financial Group, Crystal Wealth and Partners Wealth. Tim Townsend, financial planner and partner at Townsend Cobain, will be the day's MC. To view the full agenda, click here. ...

Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Scott Morrison will be Australia's next Prime Minister, after he beat Peter Dutton 45-40 in a Liberal Party leadership ballot. The ASX 200 jumped on the news, after trending downwards since Monday. It hit its highest at 1.05pm, when it was up 0.33% ...

Aussie instos back world-first blockchain bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Seven institutional investors have backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as ...

Senior Rainmaker executive to join BlackRock

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Rainmaker Information has announced that Moe Alshawa, director of group sales and marketing, has left the company to pursue an opportunity with a major global investment firm. Alshawa joined Rainmaker in 2009 and in his role elevated Rainmaker's ...

Blue Sky offloads six funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
Beleaguered Blue Sky Alternative Investments will sell its retirement living funds and its 50% stake in Aura Holdings, the operator of the retirement living business. Blue Sky today announced it signed a binding agreement with an offshore institutional ...

Boutique fund house backs zinc project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
A $2.4 billion boutique fund manager was the cornerstone investor in a recent placement conducted by an ASX-listed resources company. Tribeca Investment Partners committed $1.5 million to Perth-based Superior Lake Resources' Superior Lake Project in ...

Chief economist update: Little market reaction from BOJ tweak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
It may still be early days but the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) "tweaking" of monetary appears to have done nothing significant for the yen and the Nikkei-225 so far. At the conclusion of its July 30-31 monetary policy meeting - where it kept current monetary ...

Smart beta on the rise: Van Eck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
The use of smart beta has increased in recent years with latest research showing 57% of financial professionals are implementing these strategies in client portfolios. According to Van Eck's annual smart beta survey, 68% of financial professionals are ...

Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Life insurers increasing the awareness of client health and wellbeing programs still have hills to climb to win financial planner recommendations, latest industry research shows. An Investment Trends survey of 495 financial planners, completed in June ...

IRESS first half revenues up 8pct, wealth and lending lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
IRESS group outstripped its 1H17 revenue by 8% to hit $230 million, led by the wealth and lending segments. Australia and New Zealand wealth management operating revenue totalled $67 million for the first half - up 9% on the previous corresponding period. ...