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Direct investment options are not SMSFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015
... advertising campaign," Slattery said. The calls come on the back of a warning to superannuation trustees A by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Commissioner Peter Kell said occasionally the promotion of member-direct or self-managed ...

IOSCO releases retail investor education report

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2015
IOSCO, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, has released its final report on investor education for retail consumers. In a statement, IOSCO said it has long recognised investor education as a key strategy for enhancing investor ...

Key executives depart ANZ ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
Two executives have stepped down from their roles as co-heads of ANZ ETFs, the joint venture between ANZ and ETF Securities. Only four months after announcing the partnership, ANZ ETFs co-head and head of distribution Danny Laidler and co-head and chief ...

ASIC warns super trustees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned superannuation trustees about the promotion of member direct or self-managed investment options. ASIC commissioner Peter Kell said that occasionally the promotion of self-managed ...

SSgA launches smart beta multi factor ETF

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... The SPDR MSCI World Quality Mix Fund tracks the MSCI World Quality Mix Index and has been listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). It gives investors access to an equally weighted combination of the MSCI Value Weighted Index, the MSCI Minimum ...

The moment of truth cometh

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2015
... trading the yield differential between the nominal 5-year US Treasury bond and 5-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) is 1.20%. Declining prices would induce consumers to defer spending (when prices fall some more), lessen sales and profits ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
... fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to the Australian dollar, will be launched at the end of 2015, subject to regulatory approval. They ...

Future Generation IPO raises $300m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Future Generation Global Investment Company (FGG) has listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) having raised $302.1 million in its initial public offering (IPO). The listed investment company (LIC) is a fund of funds that gives investors access ...

Invast launches thematic model portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... markets and is up 77.2% over the year to September 4, 2015. "The strategy is unique in that it is composed of just four securities - all short positions on major diversified markets. The best performer has been the short position on the oil price, up ...

FIIG offers Apple bonds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
Fixed income specialist FIIG Securities has added Apple bonds to its DirectBonds Service, giving private investors, SMSFs and clients of financial planners their first chance to access the bonds. Like the 300-plus other bonds on the DirectBonds list ...