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Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... any financial period than you did at the beginning, you'd been successful and if you had less you've been unsuccessful. It's not much more complex than that," Loveday said. He said the investment style doesn't focus on beating a market benchmark like ...

Chief economist update: It's always slow in America in Q1

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
... quarters of last year, respectively. Where has Trump's US$1.5 trillion income tax cut gone? Reasons that the cuts have not yet flowed through into consumers' pockets include it was implemented only in January, so it doesn't explain the sharp ...

Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
Compliance requirements for financial advisers are on the rise and practices clinging to ancient technology will need to use their imagination and embrace change in order to keep up. Discussing the value of technology at a recent Advice Intelligence ...

CIPR framework timely but questions remain

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... expectation that the constant income stream will endure until age 105 also encourages conservative payout streams, which is not consistent with the intent to facilitate higher income drawdowns and to avoid legacy benefits," he added. Another key area ...

Former NAB, AMP adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... subsidiary. An ASIC investigation found that between 2007 and 2013, Cowper had recommended gearing strategies when clients could not afford them. He also recommended clients switch superannuation funds without providing sufficient detail in the Statement ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... depreciation of the yuan may have been "I'm taking you with me." Such is the ugliness of the Sino-US trade "spat" du jour. While not many - just those who have overweight allocations in Chinese equities - batted an eyelid at the Shanghai index's ...

Unintended consequences for opt-in insurance: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... change would "protect the retirement savings of young people and those with low balances by ensuring their superannuation is not unnecessarily eroded by premiums on insurance policies they do not need or are not aware of." The firm added women and low ...

ESG reporting strong through 2017: ACSI

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... fallen by 9% and the number of non-disclosing companies has doubled since 2015. Non-reporting companies, which ACSI regard as not providing "meaningful reporting" on ESG initiatives, now account for 10% of the ASX200. Within these 20 companies, at least ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... subscription service for asset managers looking to register and market funds across borders. The hub compiles both frequently and not-so-frequently asked questions by clients and provides answers in a way that is easy to understand and practical to use. ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Cryptocurrency usage in Australia is currently not large enough to raise policy concerns for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), an official from the central bank said in Sydney yesterday. The Reserve Bank has closely followed developments in the crypto ...