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Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
... investors with 4% cash distribution yield, holding up to35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians ...

Life insurer definitions clashing: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
The lack of common definitions among life insurers is making it difficult for regulators to investigate claims payout ratios and is setting back attempts to standardise definitions across the industry. The joint project between APRA and ASIC, which ...

SMSF balance gap to close: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... international shares comprising 59% and 55.9% of the most popular ETF and managed funds investment holdings respectively. Apple, Google and Microsoft comprise the top three holdings; one in 10 SMSFs is directly invested in Apple. Class chief executive ...

Fintech exposes SMSFs to global shares

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... markets, enabling them to balance their portfolios and invest directly in the companies that affect their daily lives, from Apple to Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway to Baidu," Leibowitz said.

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The financial advice industry shelled out $37 million in FY17 to 2200 clients that suffered financially from bad advice, according to ASIC. The regulator completed 227 "high-intensity surveillances" of financial advisers and banned a total of 35 "bad ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... cash distribution yield, holding between 15 to 35 global securities. "Companies such as Alphabet (the owner of Google), Apple, Microsoft, Nestle, PayPal and Yum! Brands are world leaders in their fields that have no equivalents on the ASX. Australians ...

Digital assets overlooked in estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... but not in Australia. In the US, individuals can't bestow online contents such as music, books and movies purchased from Apple and Amazon once they die.

BigTech: The next frontier for high-net-worth investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
High-net-worth individuals could soon turn to Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook for wealth management needs according to latest research from Capgemini. In its 2017 World Wealth Report the consulting firm found BigTech is casting a long shadow in wealth ...

Nothing to fear from robo-advice: Magellan

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... way we manage money," he said. Speaking to his current investment thinking, Douglass sees value in stocks such as Google, Apple, Facebook and eBay because these companies have competitive scale advantages that will be tough to break down. Google's self-driving ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The conduct and culture within Australia's big banks is a major problem and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a ...