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Technical Services Forum: Keep advisers informed of change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... noted Hayne's view that fees for no service was an endemic issue. "Hayne was very concerned about this issue and he pretty much fell shy of saying that it was essentially stealing in his opinion," Carroll said. "He considered it to be endemic in ...

No one-size-fits-all approach to franking changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... "But I think given points in time right now there are markets that [have] better value. Places like Japan for example look pretty cheap." James Kingston, BlackRock director and head of portfolio analysis and solutions across Asia-Pacific, said investors ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... imputation credits. Appearing on a panel, Rice Warner chief executive Michael Rice said Labor's proposals amounted to "a pretty bad policy". "It's biased, it's just a tax grab," he said. "It is just an unfair tax. You can debate the merit ...

Chief economist update: A pretty portrait of an emerging market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Citing Sean Taylor - DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities - Financial Standard editor, Darren Snyder, penned a report titled, "Asia, emerging markets to lead in 2019" last week. "Speaking at the Financial ...

Quirky SMSF investments unveiled

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... disappointed as returns fell below expectations in recent years. "Quite often ATM investors sign a 10-year lease, which makes them pretty obsolete and impossible to sell at that point," he said. Other exotic investments include: Commercial washers and ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... the gap, he said. "We have typically done all our exposures to fixed interest and debt via funds. At this stage we are pretty happy to do it that way and it is a more efficient way for us to get access to that type of exposure," he added. Building the ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... the market view that short-end rates will have to be cut in the future due to weakening economic conditions, so it has a pretty good record in this regard." From Morgans financial planner and stockbroker Stephen Cole' point of view, the market appears ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... frameworks don't capture factors such as illiquidity risk. Bilton said mean reversion frameworks have serviced investors pretty well as a tool "in the past 50 to 70 years but they're not the only thing we should consider." JPMAM global market strategist ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... for investors. "Secondly, investors can't afford to give away returns to fees or bid-ask spreads in what is already a pretty low-return environment," he says. Government bonds are a good example of duration, while short-dated corporate bonds have ...

SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... "We'll probably take 55,000 disputes in the first year but [AFCA chair] Helen Coonan wants to put us out of business. I'd be pretty confident that advisers share that objective," she said.