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Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Australian stock market has opened flat despite reports that Russian that are actively fighting in eastern Ukraine spooking markets overnight. All major US and European markets lost ground overnight as NATO said at least 1,00 Russian troops were ...

AFA Adviser of Year and Practice of Year semi-finalists announced

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) have announced the semi-finalists in the 2014 AFA Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year Awards. The Adviser of the Year honour was first awarded in 2003 ...

Aligned licensees could be renamed "restricted advice" groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
Advice groups tied to a product manufacturer could be required to be renamed "restricted advice" businesses, instead of the current 'aligned' or 'institutionally-owned' labels, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed. The ...

Actuaries Institute to advise FSI on longevity

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
The Financial System Inquiry has enlisted the Actuaries Institute to advise it on possible product solutions that deal with the challenge of longevity. In its submission to the FSI, released today, the Actuaries Institute states: "The Institute is assisting ...

Movers and shakers

Surprise exit for van Eyk asset consulting team Van Eyk's three person asset consultant team has left the company, the company has confirmed. Head of asset consulting Jonathan Ramsay and asset consultants Fil Andronaco and Jonathan Tolub resigned their ...

Nikko sets up new multi-asset desk in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
Nikko Asset Management, the parent company of Tyndall AM, has established a dedicated multi-asset investment team in Singapore. The team, which currently oversees $24 billion of assets for institutional and intermediary clients, will be launching multi-asset ...

FEATURE: Have we reached the tipping point for managed accounts?

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
In the first of a two-part special report on the sector, Mark Smith explores why after a series of false starts, industry experts are saying now is the time for managed accounts to live up to their billing as the next big thing in client portfolio management. ...

SMA operators to become a sector in their own right

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Separately managed accounts (SMA) operators are poised for strong growth over the coming years and are likely to become a sector in their own right, Lonsec research shows. The research house has looked at five SMA platforms in Australia and has assigned ...

General advice is not advice: Rantall

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
The term 'general advice' is misleading to consumers, and would be more appropriately labeled 'product sales', Financial Planning Association chief executive Mark Rantall has said. Speaking to a full house of Financial Services Council conference delegates ...

Advice register talks focus on financial advice scope

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
At its first meeting last week, the government's industry committee on the proposed register of advisers focused what kind of financial advisers should be included. The advice register working group met last Thursday and will meet again before mid-August ...