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Global investment firm to restructure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... imputations. "We can't afford to have both dividend imputation and one of the lowest tax rates in the world. If faced with a choice, I would stick with dividend imputation," he said. Einfeld added that Australia's 30% tax rate was much lower than it ...

Corporate bond demand strengthens: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... predominantly in properties and equities." He added Australia's corporate bond market is at an inflection point and there is enough choice available to investors now that they're starting to respond. "When you start to get corporate bond issuance that's ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... Australasia senior analyst Kunal Kotwal says investor reaction times to market crises are critical to returns and the wrong choice made - based around not fully understanding the investment product - creates "investor gaps." Capital Fund Management (CFM) ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Investors measuring carbon risk in portfolios have a new tool to score carbon exposure across 30,000 funds globally. Introduction of the Morningstar portfolio Carbon Risk Score aims to move beyond carbon footprinting to provide an assessment of carbon ...

IOOF flags ANZ Wealth results ahead of acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... million), OneAnswer Frontier ($11 million), Legacy Retail ($607 million) and Legacy Employer ($140 million). Only Smart Choice saw net inflows of $321 million. IOOF recently updated the market as to the progress of its acquisition of OnePath's pension ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... Australia Superannuation Committee. Turner is a consumer advocate who serves as the director of campaigns and communications at CHOICE. She is also a former member of ASIC's consumer advisory panel. Finally, Wein is the principal mediator at Wein ...

Royal Commission to drive independent advice market: GlobalData

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... independent advice following the Royal Commission, according to GlobalData. Customers will become more discerning in their choice of financial advice; even the demographics not typically drawn to independent advice are more likely to turn towards independent ...

What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... according venture capital industry leaders on the panel. Venture capital and private equity will be the investment vehicle of choice because with no correlation to traditional asset classes they can cushion portfolios against downturns in equity markets ...

UK fund managers must improve fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The UK's financial services conduct regulator has released new rules for fund managers as part of its ongoing study into the asset management market. The latest Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report states that fund managers, as the agents of investors ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... can be of assistance. "As the population ages and more people face cognitive limitations, we need to consider whether the choice architecture of superannuation can cope," CEPAR chief investigator at UNSW Business School, Professor Hazel Bateman said. ...