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Shaw and Partners leverages success to grow SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... risk/reward characteristics for investors. Further, Shaw and Partners uses the seven asset class based portfolios as the building blocks of its goals-based portfolios by running an asset allocation strategy appropriate to the objectives of each goal ...

Mercer names new chief investment officer

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2017
... from 25 October, overseeing the investment performance of Mercer's suite of diversified funds and asset class building blocks. She will work closely with Mercer's global wealth team, which currently overseas more than $200 billion funds under management ...

The future lies in wellness: WSSA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2017
... financially well. Those who are deemed financially unwell, WSSA explained, "typically struggle with the first building blocks to wellness: that is, budgeting and debt management." In this category, 96% of respondents indicated they were not prepared ...

Adviser models replacing product focus with customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... historically placed products front and centre - but products are no longer the focus, rather they are one of the building blocks to the adviser-client relationship, Milliman principal Craig McCulloch said. McCulloch told a Sydney retirement briefing ...

Insto trading volumes surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... maximise liquidity beyond the natural matches between members within the dark pool. The tools allow traders to seek and build blocks, improving execution and performance amidst market volatility, Baldwin said. Liquidnet has more than 830 global asset ...

ETFs are coming-of-age

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... tap into ETFs for a range of investment needs. "Investors are now empowered to build portfolios from low cost building blocks which ETFs can offer," Vynokur said. "Domestic equities, international equities, cash, fixed income, currency, commodities strategy ...

Court blocks IOOF class action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2016
A proposed class action against IOOF has been rejected by the Victorian Supreme Court. Law firm Maurice Blackburn has agreed to orders prohibiting it from proceeding with the proposed law suit, commenced in December 2015 on behalf of tens of thousands ...

Women behind in financial wellness survey

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... to live their "desired lifestyle." Those who are deemed financially unwell "typically struggle with the first building blocks to wellness, that is budgeting and debt management." In this category, 96% of respondents unsurprisingly indicated they were ...

ASX blockchain move defensive: Professor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... against bitcoins is really good and useful for some discussions, and largely useless on others. "When you start hitting road blocks or capacity constraints it forces you to look at the architecture. In its current form, and I have no doubt it will improve ...

Decimal appoints new chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... has held other roles at HP, including vice president, portfolio strategy - HP software, and has also worked at Talking Blocks, Xpedior and Sage IT Partners. Commenting on his appointment, Potts said: "The global appetite for digital advice is growing ...