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The importance of Asian trade agreements

GREG O'NEILL, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, LA TROBE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015

Industry fund to double investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... Wealth + Wellbeing chief investment officer David Bell said the fund will not be internalising its asset management or cut ties with asset consultant Mercer Investments. "While we will manage the analysis of a full spectrum of managers, from passive ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... town to sample a new menu. Nine and a half years after capitalising the business with its first $250,000, it's clear the ties are as close as ever. With Sowerby's support, the company has grown to 13 restaurants in five states and is expanding all the ...

OPINION: Why ditching the monarchy makes sense in the Asian century

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY AT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
... to think about our image and identity in the Asian Century as well as the economic opportunity. The economic and cultural ties between Australia and much of Asia are already strong. In 2014, our government negotiated long awaited free trade agreements ...

Private equity shift keeping investors busy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... month-to-month basis but if there is a big drawdown that's when you see that beta there." Five years ago QSuper was ready to undo its ties with private equity because it had low diversification, uncertain returns and "typically outrageous fees." Move ...

Lonsec partners with robo advice provider

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... service that will launch later this year. Lonsec Fiscal joint chief executive Amanda Gillespie said the group, which has close ties with approximately 7500 financial advisers, is keen to make its research and portfolio construction insight more widely ...

A sobering lesson from a social move gone wrong

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... bring on board to make sure they have the same philosophy as me," he said. He referred to his decision to cut the group's ties with Howarth as "a matter of common decency. "In 16 years, nothing like this has happened to me," said Euvrard, adding that ...

Running on neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015
... there'll be more of the same... more or less. And if it's less, you can count on your friendly central banker to do more. This ties in nicely with the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) just concluded "Sentiment Survey" (20 May) that ...

SSgA appointed to rebuild Findex investment strategy

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... performance," he added. He noted that SSgA's appointment is in line with the "overall investment and compliance framework and ties in with our recent acquisition of Crowe Horwath Australasia." SSGA Australia managing director of business development ...

Profile: MTAA Super chief executive Leeanne Turner

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2015
... completely new opportunity to understand more about the superannuation industry. And it was Canberra based, which suited family ties. So it was just a perfect opportunity." For the full story, download the 27 January issue of the Financial Standard iPad ...