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Bond investors must relax benchmark constraints

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
... client needs, investors have to tackle complications from negative yields head on. Buckley reiterated that if investors apply a strict benchmark-centric approach they will "simply saddle their portfolio with negative yielding bonds." Instead she called ...

Independent body will make new standards simpler: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016
... I'll give you an example of why we need a new body. "I had a member approach me with a dilemma: they've gone to ASIC to apply for a new licence, they submitted with their licence and their qualifications. They had a Masters in Financial Planning, CFP ...

Magellan launches third ASX-quoted active fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... and social infrastructure. "The ability to invest globally means that there is a larger investable universe from which to apply Magellan's strict infrastructure definition than would otherwise be available to Australian and New Zealand investors."

Last-minute accountant AFSL applications creating ASIC backlog

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
Now that the deadline for accountants to apply for limited or full Australian financial services licenses to continue providing SMSF advice has been reached, a substantial number of applications are still being assessed due to late submissions. In fact ...

Cbus signs new Paris ESG commitment

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Cbus is the first Australian signatory of the Principles of Responsible Investment's new Global Statement on Investor Obligations and Duties. The Principles of Responsible Investment, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and The ...

ASIC drops Macquarie AFSL conditions

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
ASIC has removed the additional conditions placed on Macquarie Bank's Australian financial service licence (AFSL) following KPMG's review of the company. KPMG was engaged by Macquarie in April 2016 to undertake an external expert review of the effectiveness ...

QSuper calms super raid fears

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Scheme to minimise over-funding and based on the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) funding standards that apply to similar corporate schemes. The State Actuary has advised that a repatriation of up to $5 billion could be undertaken while ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Australian institutional investors have not achieved optimal exposure to emerging market debt over the past decade because they have depended on broad global bond strategies which have tended to avoid economies which are unduly perceived as very risky. ...

Advisers see value in degree

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
A new survey from Mentor Education and Core Data has revealed that 75% of financial advisers support a bachelor of financial planning over a related bachelor's degree. The survey of over 500 financial advisers, including 400 financial planners, 86 accountants ...

Synchron lands payroll tax win

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... bill for licensees and had the potential to send smaller licensees broke," Trapnell said. "In effect, the SRO was trying to apply payroll tax in relation to the smallest of small businesses - advisers who have just started out, or those who choose not ...