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International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
... This means investors can take advantage of price movements in international stocks such as Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Toyota and other Asian listed companies. Investors can also access Chinese listed stocks including those in the Shanghai and ...

Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... distribution yield, holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are ...

ME Bank recruits for people experience

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
A former general manager at Microsoft is the new group executive, people experience at ME Bank. The industry super fund-owned bank recently appointed Melanie Simpson, who will sit on the executive team and manage ME Bank's people and culture functions. ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... cash distribution yield, holding up to35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are familiar ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... comprising 59% and 55.9% of the most popular ETF and managed funds investment holdings respectively. Apple, Google and Microsoft comprise the top three holdings; one in 10 SMSFs is directly invested in Apple. Class chief executive Kevin Bungard said ...

Suncorp appoints new wealth and life intermediaries head in executive reshuffle

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017
... innovation in March, will lead the newly combined, customer-facing and innovation teams. She spent some 21 years at Microsoft, serving as managing director for the Australian operation for six years. Chief executive of customer platforms, Gary Dransfield ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... distribution yield, holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians are ...

Financial services employees want digital strategy input: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... threatening" to a majority of the sector's employees, latest research shows. Three quarters (76%) of the 1390 respondents in a Microsoft survey believe automation will lead to job losses; and more than 82% said digital transformation will revolutionise ...

SSGA fund divests tobacco and weapons

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2017
... investment universe effective July 31. It now invests in 620 companies, 60% of which are US-listed and include Apple, Microsoft and Nestle. Companies specifically involved in manufacturing tobacco, cluster bombs, landmines, chemical and biological weapons ...

Douglass makes case for Magellan turnaround

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... benchmark. Douglass said this was largely driven by Magellan's holdings in Apple (2.83% of net return), eBay (1.68%) and Microsoft (1.54%). Laying out his case for the increasing prominence of "digital-platform companies," Douglass said stocks like the ...