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Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
"You are all right when you say when you say politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Vanguard will list its first active exchange-traded funds for Australian investors on the ASX tomorrow. The first of the two new ETFs is Global Value Equity (ASX: VVLU), and invests in global equities with value characteristics. The second, the Global ...

Perpetual GM joins Evans Dixon ahead of IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
Evans Dixon has appointed an institutional funds executive from Perpetual. Andrew Cannane was previously on the leadership team for Perpetual's corporate client services team, which provides wholesale trustee and custodial services for managed funds. ...

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 ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
Millennial super fund Spaceship, artificial intelligence and machine learning companies were among the beneficiaries of Australia's booming venture capital market in 2017, but two industry bodies have called on the Government to increase its support ...

Channel Capital hires distribution director

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Channel Capital has appointed a new distribution director - retail, intermediaries and family office. Luke Mandekic joins Channel Capital from Aberdeen Asset Management, where he was a regional sales manager based in Melbourne. Prior to that, he was ...

Channel Capital partners with Sahota to launch new boutique

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
Multi-affiliate funds management firm Channel Capital is partnering with global fixed income guru Bob Sahota to launch a new boutique investment manager. Revolution Asset Management will provide institutional and high net worth investors with access ...

Philanthropy at the heart of planning profession

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Nineteen Financial Planning Association members from across Australia completed a grueling seven-day, 726-kilometre fundraising ride in Hobart last week in the lead up to the 2017 FPA Professionals Congress and to help those in need. This year ten FPA ...

Super funds driving PE growth: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
Superannuation funds' appetite for domestic private equity investments has reached new heights not seen since 2007, a new industry report shows. Australian superannuation funds ploughed $676 million of capital in private equity over the 2017 financial ...

Intergenerational business succession failing: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
Australian private and family business owners are about twice as likely to sell than hand over the reins to the next generation when compared to the global average, a report by PwC Australia found. But of the 38% that want the next generation to take ...