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With large parts of the investment industry focused on benchmark-hugging rather than rocking the boat, it can be a tough time to be a boutique fund manager, but ultimatel...
Financial planning
APRA has changed its stance on religious charitable development funds (RCDFs) in response to submissions from stakeholders. ...
Financial planning
State Street Global Advisers has leveraged feedback from financial advisers, researchers and super fund trustees to launch new retirement lifestyle products into the Aust...
Editorial
With interest rates falling, is now the time to consider real assets for income? Craig Keary writes. ...
Funds management
The Commonwealth Bank and HSBC have changed their advertising for certain structured products aimed at retail investors after ASIC deemed them potentially misleading. ...
Superannuation
On the back of a weakening Australian dollar, investors have shown particular interest in currency ETFs, according to Alex Vyonkur, managing director of BetaShares....
Editorial
Investors are flooding back to property, and as they do they might start asking whether direct or listed is the way to go – or perhaps even both. Freya Purnell writes....
Editorial
Do direct investors need protection from themselves? Jonathan Ramsay argues taking into account the fundamentals of underlying investments will pay off better than going ...
Funds management
BlackRock Investment Management has taken out the inaugural Lonsec/Money Management Award for best exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider for 2013. ...
Editorial
As advisers become increasingly time-poor, multi-manager funds seem to have emerged as an ‘all-in-one’ solution they need for their clients. But as Benjamin Levy reports,...
Funds management
As part of its ongoing review of the sector, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released updated regulatory guidance for operators of registe...
Superannuation
Retail investors, including the trustees of SMSFs, are now legally able to invest in Australian Government Bonds, according to Michael Hallinan of SUPERCentral....
Funds management
Structured products such as derivatives have yet to recover from recent market impacts with the sector having been reduced from $4 billion to $1 billion in recent years d...
Financial planning
ASIC claims it isn’t responsible for preventing investor losses and wants manufacturers to educate investors on complex products....
Financial planning
Financial advisers’ behaviour flagged after complaints of inappropriate advice....
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This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...