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PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
You know the old saying: there's nothing like selling monkey hand-puppets door-to-door to turn you off working in sales forever. David Hallifax was doing odd jobs with a friend to support himself while backpacking around Australia. He'd crossed the ...

William Blair earns Lonsec rating

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... will generally sit within the growth component of a balanced portfolio". Lonsec believes the fund suitable for high-risk profile investors with a 5+ year investment time horizon.

PROFILE: SSGA head of Investment Solutions Group Mark Wills

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Mark Wills once managed to play rugby, go to university, have a job and meet his future wife within a single year. But after managing to juggle so many activities during the early years of his career, today State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) head of ...

Super funds hunting further afield for overseas assets

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
... funds to get in on the act. The cities scored well in TH Real Estate's analysis according to their size, affluence, age profile, willingness to embrace technology and quality of life, as well as according to the growth potential for all of the above. ...

Property deal drives new automotive trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Property group Charter Hall has launched a Direct Automotive Trust seeded by the acquisition of three high-profile retail properties for more than $100 million. Charter Hall announced the Trust's establishment via the Australian Securities Exchange ...

WAM Capital poised to pounce in mixed market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... administration costs, greater liquidity for shareholders and investment opportunities arising from the company's higher profile. In announcing the result, chief investment officer Chris Stott warned that the equity market outlook for the next 12 months ...

Fitzpatricks growth burst all part of the plan

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
Recent high-profile adviser recruitments at Fitzpatricks Private Wealth are part of a "steady growth rate at a bigger scale," according to chief executive John Woodley. The past month has seen IOOF-aligned Main Street Financial Solutions and former ...

FEATURE: Alternatives - Taking the plunge

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Declining bond yields, an uncertain equities landscape and an appetite for diversification are driving institutions towards alternative assets. Alex Burke investigates whether this is the right idea. When Perpetual acting general manager for regulated ...

Independent dealers in M&A mode

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
Recent high-profile mergers and acquisitions of aligned advisers by independent groups are a sign of a growing trend. In the past three months, former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett's firm AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ ...

InvestSMART launches free robo-advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... portfolios based on what InvestSMART managing director Ron Hodge described as "expert asset allocation on a given risk profile." Speaking to Financial Standard, Hodge stressed that the risk profiles and recommended portfolios - which he added did include ...