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Partnership empowers accountants to give advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... SMSF clients third-party product advice. Accountants will be able to direct clients to go online, fill in a form, answer a few relevant questions and receive automated advice instantly, he said. Obtaining an AFSL is not very appealing for accountants ...

Asia leads growing green bond market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
... investments, with 33% expecting it to increase further and spread across sectors, and 20% seeing it more concentrated in a few sectors." Fitch said the green bond market provides an opportunity to diversify funding sources with the rarity of green bonds ...

Government fintech agenda spotlights microbanking

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... technology solution to what the Government has prescribed," Wilson said. "A whole lot of nuance will come out in the next few weeks and months as businesses think about how to provide what the Government has asked for, since there are lots of superannuation ...

Terrible tax policies of the last 25 years

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Many Budgets have proven to be good for the country, while others received less than glowing reviews in history books. To take us into the next phase of fiscal policy, one of Australia's most respected and renowned economic commentators, Saul Eslake ...

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... accurate, an over-estimation or under-estimation. Not to worry, Australian economic and survey data released over the past few days give credence to the RBA's FY2017/18 growth forecast of 2.75%-3.75% (ScoMo's prediction should be largely in line with ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... advice to the client. "Every major financial institution is looking into AI, but many are just starting to make commitments and few, if any, have any products using AI today," Itzkovits said, citing high barrier to entry as a deterrent. Illustrating ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... Contributing to the report, PwC partner Andrew Parker said projections of Asian success are not without risk but as one of only a few developed economies in the region, Australia is well positioned to help and the biggest risk may lie in doing nothing ...

Advice practices need succession plan: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial advice practices remain bullish on business outlook but few hold any long-term strategic plans to capitalise on expected industry growth. A report published by knowITdigital and Business Health shows one-third of advice practices have a long-term ...

BetaShares launches small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... illiquid stocks, which tend to perform poorly over time and cause a drag on index returns, Australian small-caps is one of the few sectors where most active managers have been able to deliver alpha over the long-term."

Value set for comeback: Nikko AM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
... discerning value managers who conduct fundamental analysis on stocks are best positioned to take advantage of this over the next few years, as rudimentary ratio analysis will no longer sufficiently highlight these opportunities," Kim said.