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Janus plays first hand in ETF game

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
Janus Capital, the fund manager which snapped up 'bond king' Bill Gross following his surprise departure from PIMCO, has joined the active ETF game with its acquisition of a Connecticut-based provider. Launched in 2009, VelocityShares manufactures institutionally-focused ...

Senior van Eyk executive joins independent advice firm

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Senior financial services executive Anthony Vaiente has left struggling asset consultancy firm van Eyk to join independently-owned advice firm Fitzpatricks Financial Group in the role of head of business growth. Vaiente joined van Eyk as manager of ...

Matrix shareholders approve ClearView acquisition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
ClearView Wealth has received 100% approval from Matrix shareholders for its acquisition of the planning group. All conditions of the offer had been met or waived and the offer closes successfully today. ClearView managing director Simon Swanson said ...

Market Vectors launches international ETF

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
Market Vectors ETFs is set to launch a new international equities ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The ETF is pegged to the MSCI World ex Australia Quality Index which selects international companies on the basis of three key quality ...

Premium signs up three accounting practices

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Dealer group Premium Wealth Management has signed up three new accounting practices who are looking to add financial planning operations to their businesses. ADX Financial Planning (formerly part of Moon Cunningham and licensed through Count), Sullivans ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The best laid retirement plans are often outdone by illness or redundancy with new research from Mercer showing that 40% of Australians are forced into retirement before they are financially ready. According to the report, retirees will outlast their ...

Unexpected impact of tech on US monetary policy

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Innovation and new technologies are having a profound impact on the global recovery, helping to ease inflationary pressure and easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to tighten monetary policy. That was one conclusion reached by 85 BlackRock investment ...

Nikko AM ups weighting to global shares

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Nikko Asset Management has increased its overweight in global equities in light of a positive macroeconomic environment and accommodative US monetary policy. The global investment committee of the Tokyo-based asset manager decided to raise its overweight ...

Business as usual for PIMCO Australia

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
The head of PIMCO's investment business in Australia expects no changes to processes, investment strategy or personnel following the shock exit of 'bond king' Bill Gross last month. "The Australian portfolio management team continues to invest for our ...

TH Real Estate buys up Brisbane shopping centre

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
TIAA Henderson Real Estate (TH Real Estate) has made its first foray into the Australian retail property space, with an agreement to take a 75% stake in Mt Ommaney Centre, a regional shopping centre in Brisbane. The property will be acquired as part ...