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Adapt or die, asset managers warned

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015
... new entrants to the market. The research was launched during the Financial Services Council (FSC) Annual Conference in the Gold Coast. Generally speaking, managers are reshaping their product mix and see innovation as the primary route to growth. Two ...

Standard Life expands Asia investment team

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
Standard Life Investments has appointed two multi-asset investment directors. Based in Hong Kong, Jason Yu (previously an investment director at Wellington Management Company) and Dongyue Zhang (previously a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Asset ...

FSC Annual Conference kicks off August 5

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
The 2015 FSC Annual Conference will be back on the Gold Coast from 5-7 August. The two and half day conference includes a program featuring some on the nation's most powerful politicians as well as home-grown and international industry leaders. The ...

Market higher despite resources slump

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... to offset falls by the miners. BHP Billiton was down 44 cents at $26.55 and Rio Tinto was 92 cents weaker at $52.95, while gold miners were again impacted by a lower price for the precious metal. But there were gains by Oil Search after its improved ...

Gold's no longer gold

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Well they tried, and they tried, and they tried, but it seems that there's just no bringing back gold's shine. Gold was hit for six - that is, prices dropped for a sixth consecutive day overnight - down to a low of US$1,088.05 per ounce (the lowest ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... results. In Australia, the market on Monday edged higher as gains in the financial sector helped to offset weakness among gold miners. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index gained 16.8 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 5,686.9 points. The broader All Ordinaries index ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Let's talk about managed accounts

A joke that's done the rounds on managed accounts is that they've been "the next big thing" for two decades running. Launched in the mid-1990s, managed accounts were the sparkly space age pen of investment portfolios. Just one slight hitch - pencils ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... that he is holding 42% cash and warned recently that "there will be blood." Meanwhile, fund managers surveyed have judged gold 'undervalued' for first time in five years. The survey also reveals that confidence in the global economy has fallen sharply ...

ANZ ETFs added to BT, Asgard platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... ETFS S&P/ASX100 ETF (ZOZI), S&P/ASX300 High Yield Plus ETF (ZYAU), S&P500 High Yield Low Volatility ETF (ZYUS), Physical Gold ETF (ZGOL), Physical Renminbi ETF (ZCNH) and the Physical US Dollar ETF (ZUSD). Commenting on the addition of ANZ ETFS products ...

GST increase would deliver $42 billion: FSC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... our 30% tax rate is forcing opportunities and jobs offshore," Bragg said. The FSC annual conference will take place on the Gold Coast from 5 to 7 August. Check the program and registration details here