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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 ...

Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
From 1 July the Future Fund will have an investment mandate that targets a return of CPI plus four to five per cent. Overnight the Federal Government registered a revised investment mandate for the Future Fund, better reflecting global investment market ...

We have made mistakes: CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's chief executive Ian Narev told a parliamentary inquiry this morning the bank made mistakes and still has a lot of work to do. On day two of the major banks review, Narev fronted the House of Representative's Standing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Australia business confidence "While outcomes in the survey are not pointing to a severe slowdown in economic activity, the results have softened enough to suggest that growth remains sub-trend." (Alan Oster) This is a fair assessment from NAB's group ...

Top boutique in first push for new investors

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
One of the top performing fund managers in Australia, Ophir Asset Management, is looking to partner with family offices and independent financial advisers in a bid to attract long-term high net worth investors. From inception in August 2012 to the end ...

Former Russell CEO joins MLC trustee board

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
A former chief executive at Russell Investments is now on the board of NULIS Nominees, the trustee for the MLC Super Fund. Recently joining the NULIS board as an independent non-executive director is Alan Schoenheimer. He has more than 25 years' experience ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
Australian GDP The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the country's National Accounts report showing that while the economy's quarterly real GDP growth halved to 0.5% in the three months to June from 1.0% in the March quarter, the annual ...

ACBC launches additional XTB model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Exchange traded bond provider Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC) has launched two additional model portfolios. The new Concentrated High-Yield Model Portfolio continues the philosophy of the High Yield Model Portfolio which was launched last month ...

Real estate debt funds to exceed 2015 growth: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
The number of private equity real estate debt funds grew by 25% and aggregate target capital grew by 41% in the year to July 2016, according to Preqin research. From 2013 to 2015, fund managers worldwide raised roughly $75 billion for these strategies. ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The first budget of the Turnbull government will impact financial services companies operating right across the Australian wealth creation value chain from the largest institutions right down to smallest independent advice firms. Treasurer Scott Morrison's ...