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Equal weight portfolios outperform: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Portfolios that assign equal weighting to individual stocks outperform portfolios with market cap-weighted allocations, according to VanEck. In a recently published research paper, VanEck gives a mathematical analysis of this, based on its equally-weighted ...

Efficiency and transparency drive client satisfaction during life claims: Beddoes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
Latest Beddoes Institute research reports client satisfaction at claim time is driven by two key factors. Efficiency in claims lodgement, and assessment processes backed by transparent ongoing claims management are the strongest drivers of client satisfaction ...

Quantifeed eyes Australian expansion with $13.5m raising

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
The fintech is looking to expand its B2B robo-advice business in Australia as a part of a $13.5 million venture capital raising announced today. The series B funding was led by Taiwanese giant Cathay Financial Holdings, with participation from US-based ...

SSGA appoints head of retirement solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
State Street Global Advisors has appointed a new head of retirement solutions for Australia. Jonathan Shead has worked in various SSGA roles since 2000; he was most recently head of portfolio solutions for the Asia-Pacific region. Before SSGA, he was ...

Chief economist update: Submerging markets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018
When Fed chief Jerome Powell tried to explain the US yield curve's flattening as a function of rising short rates because of the rate hikes (and expectations for more) and a smaller lift in the long-term yields because of safe-haven buying, I questioned ...

HUB24 inks MDA, tech deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
HUB24 will deliver both a managed portfolio solution and a new administration solution to a boutique financial advice group. The $7.4 billion platform provider was selected by Fitzpatricks Private Wealth to develop a tailored managed portfolio solution ...

Daido Life buys stake in life insurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Japanese life insurer Daido Life acquired a 14.9% stake in an Australian life insurer in an effort to expand offshore. Daido Life invested $13 million in the newly launched Integrity Group, the owner of Integrity Life. Worth $18 billion, Daido Life ...

BAT stocks worse than FANGs: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, the emerging-market equivalents of FANG stocks are even more expensive, higher risk and lower quality than their US counterparts, according to State Street Global Advisors. A May strategy highlights note written by SSGA chief ...

Chief economist update: Rush hour is over for the BOE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
We are one and we are many, and all of us don't expect any movement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) when it meets at 2.30pm today for its monthly monetary policy deliberations. Yes Virginia, RBA Governor Philip Lowe has already gone on ...

Macquarie expands healthcare investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Macquarie Capital, the principal investment arm of Macquarie Group, is expanding its global team with a dedicated lead for healthcare services coverage in the Americas. Joining Macquarie Capital from UBS as a managing director is Robert "Bo" Crowell. ...