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HUB24 adds international portfolios to platform

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
HUB24 has made international managed portfolios available on its platform for the first time.

SMSF capability added to BT Panorama

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
BT is ready with the first phase of its new SMSF offering, which offers access to all the investments on the BT Panorama platform.

Local shares lacklustre in 2016

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Low commodity prices and less demand from China are likely to translate into lacklustre equity market returns in 2016, according to Australian Unity Investments' outlook for the year ahead.

Colonial First State appoints new alternatives manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Colonial First State (CFS) has appointed an additional alternatives manager for its FirstChoice multi-sector portfolios following a 2015 mid-year review.

iSelect nixes Providence takeover bid

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
Life insurance broker iSelect has announced that buyout discussions with Providence Equity Partners will now cease.

Three days to lift off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2015
While there's still a 20% chance that the Fed could abort lift-off (again), unless conditions severely deteriorate in three days' time, chances are it won't without making a mockery of its "forward guidance".

Perpetual acquires private wealth firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Perpetual has acquired a wealth management firm specialised in serving professionals in the medical field.

Whitehelm and Cisco to deliver digital city management

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Whitehelm Capital are partnering with US IT giant Cisco to deliver low-cost "smart city" management services.

Belabouring the labour market stats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
Measurement and sampling ("rotation") issues suggest that the Australian labour market is definitely not strong as what the seasonally adjusted numbers indicate.

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
During a week where Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put Australia's innovation in the spotlight and offered more incentives for angel investors, there is a feeling venture capital is back in vogue.