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ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
Absolute returns, value and global diversification are key thematics that must underscore clients' portfolios in a post-GFC world, according to investment experts speaking at this year's Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out. Held at the Four Seasons ...

TAL named top life insurer for 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
TAL and CommInsure each collected three accolades at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Life Company of the Year Awards in Sydney last night, and it was the former which won the top gong. Recognising its excellence in the provision of products ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
Toto, we're still in Kansas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed the economy grew by 2.4% in the year to the December quarter - a tad slower than the 2.5% annual growth rate recorded in the same quarter of last ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
Macrovue's latest offering in thematic investments will give investors exposure to 10 "high-conviction" 5G stocks spread across the world. "5G is a huge investment opportunity because we are going to see a huge structural change all across the world ...

Insto mandate seeds Aviva fund launch

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
A global institution is placing $225 million with Aviva Investors to be the asset manager's cornerstone investor for its latest fund launch in Australia. Last month Aviva Investors chief executive Euan Munro revealed the firm, via its new mandate win ...

ETFs a winner in February market slump: Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
ETFs maintained liquidity and picked up trading volume even as Australian shares plunged in February, according to latest research from Vanguard's Australian ETF Capital Markets division. In the week ending 9 February, ETF trading volumes tripled normal ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
A former portfolio manager of Hunter Hall's Value Growth Trust and its Global Value LIC is launching a new asset management business, having been granted a licence last week. Yizhong Chan worked at Hunter Hall for 10 years; during that time he made ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Inexperienced self-managed superannuation fund trustees are being warned to do their homework before investing in cryptocurrency as they risk inadvertently breaching crucial compliance regulations. According to Bitcoin Trader partner Warrick Pleash ...

Chief economist update: Australia low on credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
Those still expecting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to raise the official cash rate - even at least once this year - may have to re-think their call. For sure, economic dynamics may change sometime down the road but given the current slowing trend ...

Chief economist update: New Fed chief, same policy direction (but more transparent)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2018
"Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Hawkish Powell Remarks: Markets Wrap" Bloomberg's headline just about sums up last night's activity on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 index drop by 1.3%; the yield on 10-year Treasuries climb by three basis points to 2.89% ...