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First XTB 'Floater' model portfolio launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... provide a means for retail investors to gain exposure to Australian corporate bonds, with each XTB offering an ASX-listed security that delivers the price stability and returns of a specific underlying corporate bond with no minimum investment. XTB co-founder ...

Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... FIA's client base and are not a result of any client complaints. "At no stage have there been any concerns about the security of client funds, or the way they have been invested or supervised. ASIC's concerns predominately relate to the fullness of the ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... the steps they are taking to ensure supply chains are free of slavery. This, according to ACSI, will enable increased security from investors, and will place greater accountability on companies to act. Giving evidence at the Inquiry into establishing ...

Australian Unity launches funeral bond

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... were traditionally sold to senior Australians with a limited structure designed to meet future funeral expenses and the security of a capital guarantee, but alternative growth-style investment options provide an incentive for younger retirees to consider ...

Royal Commission unnecessary: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... management industry, she noted. This aims to offer "best-in-class information about investments", provides transparency and security for investors, and sets a high bar for fund managers. Pointing to the financial advice sector, which is entering a new ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... household finances since July 2014; Appetite for spending on major purchases drops at steepest pace since December 2013; Job security declines again in July, while pay growth remains only marginal. Not only that, "Consumer aversion to spending on big-ticket ...

Riding the retirement tidal wave

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... at 65 you're dreaming," he said. While superannuation savings will typically remain the primary measure of financial security in retirement, Shead argued that outcomes will also depend on three "intangible assets": productivity, vitality and the flexibility ...

Super system needs work on environmental and governance factors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... the outcomes they desire," Haran said. Introduced in 2013, the Global Retirement Index creates an overall retirement security score based on four factors that affect the lives of retirees. Finances in retirement are weighted most heavily, but the index ...

Government paves the way for open banking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... Banks and industry groups including the ABA, CBA and ANZ have consistently pushed back on the policy, citing privacy, security and cost concerns. Others, including NAB - via NAB Ventures and Reinventure - have directly invested in open API platform providers ...

CFS reaches out to advisers via FirstTech app

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... digital enhancements to its FirstTech app, providing access to the latest information on superannuation, tax, social security and aged care. The app will be made available free to all advisers using CFS platforms, in versions for both Apple and Andriod ...