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Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... (trading as Yes FS), have been accused by the regulator of various breaches of the Corporations Act and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act. This includes alleged breaches of the best interests obligations, engaging in unconscionable ...

Robo-advice portfolios benefiting from quant factors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... momentum. Schneider said one way of introducing a quantitative factor to a given thematic portfolio is to apply weights to securities based on a specific variable, for example, volatility, instead of the standard weights based on market capitalisation. ...

Credit Suisse fined for systems mishap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
Investment bank Credit Suisse was slapped with a $170,000 fine from the Australian Securities and Investment Commission for failing to have the appropriate price limits in place across its automated order processing (AOP) systems. The watchdog found ...

One small rise in rates, one giant step towards normalisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates ...

FIIG expands fixed income research team

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Fixed income broker FIIG Securities is creating one of Australia's largest sell-side credit research teams with the appointment of two senior researchers. Joining the fixed income team is John Manning, who will take over as director - credit research ...

Estate agents to become RG146 certified

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... loans, life insurance, retirement planning, general insurance, SMSFs, superannuation, managed property investments, securities and derivatives. As defined by ASIC, "factual advice" is "objectively ascertainable information whose truth or accuracy cannot ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... Google, Facebook, and Uber, while providing a small offsetting allocation to defensive assets such as fixed interest securities and cash although according to its product disclosure statement, Spaceship will seek to diversify through exposure to index ...

No other way but up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... inflation expectations - as measured by the yield difference between nominal bonds and TIPS (treasury inflation-protected securities - have recently eased to 2.0% from a high of 2.1% this year (on the tenners) and to 1.9% from 2.0% on the five-year tenor. ...

Emerging markets investment grows with new fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
... Woolies in South Africa, Bank Zachodni in Poland, and Peru's Credicorp. "The portfolio is typically comprised of 20 to 40 securities, with consideration being paid to concentration issues and a wide range of risk factors when building our portfolio," ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is taking Westpac to the Federal Court for allegedly breaching home-loan responsible lending practices. Between December 2011 and March 2015, the regulator claims Westpac failed to properly assess ...