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Douglas Funds Consulting had a steady 2023 with highlights including a business trip to London, UK in March to meet managers across a...
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Nigel Douglas
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Move to Suburbia due to COVID
Given the ongoing global pandemic and general working from home situation in the financial services industry, I have decided to give up...
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Nigel Douglas
Aug 18, 20201 min read
Stanford Brown Investment Committee Member Appointment
Recently, I was appointed as an External Voting Member of the Stanford Brown Investment Committee. Stanford Brown is based in North...
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Nigel Douglas
Mar 29, 20201 min read
COVID-19 Market Commentary Changes
The speed and depth of the equities market sell-off and volatility across other asset classes has been astonishing even given the...
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Nigel Douglas
Aug 5, 20191 min read
IMAP Conference Alternatives Panel
Tomorrow (Tuesday 6th August 2019) at the IMAP (Institute of Managed Accounts Professionals) Conference in Sydney, I will be chairing a...
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Nigel Douglas
Oct 30, 20181 min read
Nigel Douglas appointed Netwealth IMR Managed Accounts Consultant
Douglas Funds Consulting has recently celebrated its' three year anniversary. This milestone has been capped with the recent appointment...
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Nigel Douglas
Oct 30, 20181 min read
Awards Season
Over the last few months, Douglas Funds Consulting ("DFC") has been called upon to participate in two industry judging panels; AFMF...
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David McDonald, CFA
Oct 10, 20183 min read
The implications for retirement of the rise in part-time work
A recent speech by Alexandra Heath, the Head of the Economic Analysis Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia (The Evolving...
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Nigel Douglas
Apr 15, 20181 min read
Nigel Douglas appointed Chair of the Fortnum Investment & Insurance Committee
Recently, I was appointed Chair of the Fortnum Private Wealth Ltd Investment & Insurance Committee. The Fortnum Group was founded in...
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Nigel Douglas
Apr 15, 20183 min read
Managed accounts boom
Managed accounts have become very popular with financial advisers over the last few years mainly due to technological and regulatory...
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Nigel Douglas
Jan 23, 20181 min read
Australian dollar hits USD 0.80
Much to the surprise of many market participants, the Australian dollar has traded strongly in the New Year holiday period, reaching USD...
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Nigel Douglas
Dec 5, 20171 min read
Indo Pacific Power Shifts
I was recently at a well attended function where the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, discussed the recent launch of the...
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Nigel Douglas
Aug 28, 20171 min read
ESG Contradictions
Last week, I attended a number of excellent conferences run by Nikko AM, Portfolio Construction Forum ("PCF"), MFS and i3 investment...
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Nigel Douglas
Aug 5, 20171 min read
RBA has relatively positive outlook
On Friday 4th August, 2017, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) released its' regular Statement on Monetary Policy (SMP) which provides...
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Nigel Douglas
Jul 3, 20171 min read
Australian Productivity Commission launches Stage Three of the superannuation system inquiry
In view of our previous blog on the FCA UK report, it should be noted that the Australian government has asked the Productivity...
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Nigel Douglas
Jul 3, 20172 min read
UK FCA Asset Management Market Study a good if pessimistic read
The UK FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) has just released its' long awaited final report into the UK asset management industry. Overall,...
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Nigel Douglas
Feb 28, 20173 min read
Bond Bubbles and Bad Endings
In a popular Bank of England blog earlier this year (4th January 2017), Paul Schmelzing from Harvard University analysed almost 800 years...
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Nigel Douglas
Sep 1, 20151 min read
Q&A with Nigel Douglas on his post ANZ venture
Nigel Douglas, former senior manager of mandate research at ANZ Global Wealth, has realised a "long held goal" to launch his own...
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