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ClearView partners for platform overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... five-month implementation period. The move, ClearView chief financial officer Athol Chiert said, was more than just a platform upgrade; it will allow the company to "evolve how we operate as a business." He explained: "The solution will always be up-to-date ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
It isn't called the "mother of all stats" for nothing. The US non-farm payrolls report is the most-watched, eagerly-awaited, much-speculated and heavily-dissected statistic not only in America but around the globe. But its outing last Friday produced ...

Global equities fund becomes 'Recommended'

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
Research house Zenith has upgraded an international equities fund to a 'Recommended' rating. Receiving the upgrade in conjunction with its second anniversary, the Pan-Tribal Global Equity Fund is now considered a product that rates in the first quartile ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...

Henderson fund receives ratings upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
The Henderson Absolute Return Australia Equity Fund has been upgraded to a "Recommended" rating by Lonsec. The equity market neutral fund reached its three year milestone in May 2016 and is managed by Henderson head of alternative Australian equities ...

Time is up for the static portfolio mix: JPMAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
Investors who maintain a simple static allocation mix will have to come to terms with a trajectory of falling returns, according to the 2017 edition of J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions. For investors looking to achieve ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
Blue Sky Alternative Investments has entered into a joint venture for a 5,000-bed student accommodation investment. Student Quarters, based in Atlanta, is a specialist student accommodation manager focused on properties in the US near universities with ...

Lifeplan bond 'highly recommended'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
... impressive intergenerational wealth transfer tool." Australian Unity general manager of life and super Matt Walsh said the upgrade follows a strong year for the bond, describing it as a competitive product that delivers important tax benefits to families. ...

GBST partners with boutique administrator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016
Financial services software provider GBST is entering a seven-year contract with a boutique administrator to enter the business process outsourcing market. Announced on the ASX, GBST is teaming with specialist fund services provider MainstreamBPO. GBST ...

Statewide Super partners on digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2016
... numbers and advice topics." The digital advice solution will be available to Statewide members as part of a broader system upgrade and expansion project commencing next month.