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Malaysia drives growth in Shariah funds

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... significant amounts of patience and resources, and promoting Shariah-compliant funds as socially responsible funds has had limited success so far. Globally, a lack of standardisation in Islamic investment principles and a limited understanding and awareness ...

Investment bonds back in favour: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... investment bond is just an alternative tax structure to super except you don't need to meet an alternative release, you're not limited to how much you can invest. So clients have got unrestricted access to their money, they get the flexibility that they ...

SMSFs must increase global equities investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... investments. DIY SMSFs don't have advice and there're complications in investing overseas," Alcock said. He added cost, access, limited technology, complicated paperwork and a lack of good company research have traditionally presented hurdles for investors ...

ASIC changes drive GPS Wealth growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
The need to hold a limited Australian financial service licence (AFSL) or be an authorised representative of a licence-holder or licensee has seen more than 60 accounting practices join GPS Wealth in the last financial year. The 60 practices including ...

IFM Investors expands private capital team

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
... equity firm focused on mid-market growth investments. "IFM Investors has had a long association with Stuart through our limited partner investor commitments to several Champ Ventures funds. Stuart brings an exceptional investment record, an extensive ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... business as reasons for the rating. The Lonsec report also noted that the likelihood of currency hedging losses is more limited given the fund's Taxation of Financial Agreement (TOFA) election. Arian Neiron, managing director, VanEck Australia, said ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association is calling for a fast-tracked limited partnership vehicle to encourage foreign investment into high-growth businesses. The limited partnership would be part of wider national policy that ...

Regulatory sandbox exemption welcomed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... organisational competence of a licensee applicant Modify ASIC's policy on organisational competence of a licensee to allow some limited-in-scale, heavily automated business to rely, in part, on compliance sign off from a professional third party to meet ...

ASIC warns SMSF accountants to have backup plan

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
ASIC has warned SMSF accountants to prepare for a contingency if their limited Australian financial services (AFS) licences are not regulator approved by 30 June. Accountants who lodged their applications after 1 March 2016 face a "significant risk" ...

US mulls borrowing limit on leveraged ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... 50-65% while the latter, which shorts the Australian equity market to provide an inverse return to the ASX200 index, is limited to a borrowing ratio of 100%.