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Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... that smart beta offering is very limited in Australia," he said. "I think that our market is not deep or sophisticated enough for this kind of product," he added. Causer said that "once the offering starts to grow, it becomes more sophisticated and I ...

Euro - another experiment doomed to fail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... these words, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras spoiled my weekend. Not because I have money on Greece - I haven't got enough to buy a small bottle of booze - but more because Alexis proved wrong my musings that after all is said and done, a deal between ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... ultimately, once you get to the 60%/20% level, if the policy persists the money made by the adviser in the long run will be enough. It's economically viable because there's enough trail commission, if you can call it that, to actually securitise." Swanson ...

PwC acquires Smorgon family office business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... realise their vision," Smorgon said. "Many families are very good at what they do in their business but they're not spending enough time on their 'family' issues," he added. "A healthy family business needs a healthy family; owners need to assess the ...

Equipsuper members anxious about retirement

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... their retirement finances. A separate online Pulse survey showed more than 40% of respondents were unsure whether they had enough saved for retirement. In the Pulse survey, 55% of respondents believe they will rely wholly or in part on the government ...

Medcraft sticks up for asset managers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
... Australia's top financial regulator told a National Press Club conference in Washington, DC that there is not a strong enough case for ramping up regulation for asset managers. "I am not convinced that there is evidence that asset managers put financial ...

Australians ill prepared for financial future

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... supporting their family. "It is important to understand that you can never start planning for your financial future early enough. A financial planner can help you create, grow and protect your assets now and into the future," Kriss said. "When it comes ...

Infrastructure allocations up 14% in two years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... pension funds - which, as discussed in the latest issue of Financial Standard, are typically the only institutions large enough to deploy the capital needed for large infrastructure projects. (The report notes that 71% of the top 100 prefer direct infrastructure ...

Light at the end of the tunnel for EM debt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... allow the manager to predict positive outcomes for emerging market debt. If the developed markets debt sell-off is large enough that investors are adequately rewarded for taking risk, "emerging markets debt could have attractive valuation levels sooner ...

Social media, an investment tool in times of turmoil

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... StockTwits recently reached 300,000 active users, analysts considered that the information shared there reflected accurately enough the joys and fears of investors at any given time. The platform, founded in 2008, allows investors, market professionals ...