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Make 2017 a big year for financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... build a network High-net-worth millennials who come from families with generational wealth typically don't have a broad circle of friends from similar backgrounds. As a result, it may be hard for them to find a safe space to discuss financial issues ...

Blue Sky exits pet food supplier

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2017
... Alternative Investments sold its stake in Australia's largest online pet food and accessory supplier. The company invested in Pet Circle, owned by Millell, in 2013. Over that period, Blue Sky said Pet Circle achieved a "four times increase in sales and ...

Global investors missed turning point

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
An Australian fund manager says the Global Financial Crisis clouded a crucial economic turning point that is beyond the powers of politicians, banks and geographies. Insync Funds Management chief investment officer, Monik Kotecha says in 2011 the world ...

APAC multi-asset strategies receive tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
A global trading and wealth management technology provider is further endorsing the case for moving investment portfolios towards multi-asset strategies. In its latest research paper, Saxo Capital Markets shows significant performance improvements in ...

Super objective crucial to Commission review

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... phases, the Commission said. In effect this is the same goal superannuation is already attempting to achieve. Completing the circle, the Commission said targeting the best interests of members also affords a direct focus on long-term net returns - "which ...

Suncorp CFO says financial services disenfranchised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016
... financial officer Steve Johnston. Speaking on the disconnect between government and business at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney yesterday, Johnston said that while the theatre of politics is often reflected in low consumer and business ...

Narev points to GFC for bank dissatisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... environment according to Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ian Narev. Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Trans-Tasman Business Circle in Sydney yesterday, Narev discussed the changing nature of consumer expectations of the banking system and recent heightened ...

Robeco Boston Partners finding value in the "three circles"

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
The value of a business in the global investable universe can be reduced to "three circles," according to Robeco Boston Partners portfolio manager Joshua Jones. In Sydney to discuss Robeco's Boston Partners Global Premium Equities Fund, Jones described ...

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... guarantee to 12% and limit reviews of superannuation policy to once every five years. In a speech at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney's Barangaroo, Cooper reiterated the looming impact of an ageing population and said now was the time to ...

Mirae backs Asian consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... 500 million users in China, 90% of which are at the site daily." He adds a simple look at his Facebook timeline sees a circle of friends who are posting a lot more informative articles, particularly on fitness and health. He said this is where medical ...