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Real AM launches multi-asset portfolios for HNW clients

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
Real Asset Management is rolling out a custom multi-asset portfolio service for high-net-worth clients and Asian investors with significant investor visas. RAM Australia chief executive Scott Kelly said the new capability was designed largely in response ...

ASIC brings in disclosure expert to review RG97

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
ASIC has appointed a veteran of managed investments and superannuation regulation to review the costs disclosure settings in RG97. Darren McShane, most recently chief regulation and policy officer of Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
The gamification of risk profiling is rising in Australia with the launch of a platform already being used by several advice groups. United States-based behavioural economics, decision science and financial technology firm Capital Preferences has developed ...

Institutional advice licensees to continue feeling the heat

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
It's only a matter of time before institutional advice licensees open up their approved product lists as they try to compete with the growing popularity of the non-aligned space. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock believes the ongoing impact of the ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
"The economy will continue growing at a robust pace. Business investment outside the housing and mining sectors will pick up, with exports boosted as new resource-sector capacity comes on stream. The strengthening labour market and household incomes ...

Centrepoint adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
A financial adviser licensed through Centrepoint Alliance's Professional Investment Services has been banned by ASIC for three years for incompetence. Ramana Rao of Metaplanners in South Australia was banned from providing financial services after it ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
As the cost of exchange-traded funds continues to plummet and becomes more affordable, there is still room for competition in the booming sector, latest EY research reveals. Over the next three years, EY's ETF report shows the global market will reach ...

Long-short performance justifies fees: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
New Zenith research suggests that despite the higher premiums charged to investors, the average return produced by long-short funds justifies the cost. Zenith found in the 12 months to September 30, global long-short managers delivered a 2.3% premium ...

Ophir Asset Management expands investment team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Australian small and mid-cap equities manager Ophir Asset Management is strengthening its investment team with the appointment of a new investment analyst. Joshua Clark joins Ophir with a strong background in smaller company research, following recent ...

Former Moneywise duo launch advice firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
Two former Moneywise executives have launched a new financial advice business with a focus on authenticity and a mission statement to make advice easier to understand for those who need it. Licensed through Charter Financial Planning, former Moneywise ...