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DeVere chief defends Panama privacy

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
DeVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has come out in support of "Panama-style" financial privacy. In a statement, Green said that while he supports Panama's efforts to "enhance its effectiveness and credibility" as an offshore financial centre and ...

Actuaries call for objectives across retirement system

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
The Actuaries Institute has called for the Federal Government to go further than defining superannuation and complementary objectives for the Age Pension and the mandatory superannuation guarantee. Releasing its submission Treasury on super's objective ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
The growing adoption of ETFs by aligned dealer groups is pushing the product into the mainstream, with 2 in 5 planners now using ETFs as a core investment choice for client portfolios according to new research from Betashares and Investment Trends. ...

BNP and SmartAngels announce Blockchain partnership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
Global custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services and direct investment platform SmartAngels have signed a strategic crowdfunding partnership for the use of blockchain. The partnership will allow private companies to issue securities on the primary market ...

WAM lodges ASIC prospectus for LIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2016
Wilson Asset Management has lodged a prospectus with ASIC for its large-cap listed investment company. WAM Leaders Limited will, in WAM chair Geoff Wilson's words, "provide investors with a rare opportunity to the S&P/ASX 200 Index with an active, index ...

Melbourne and Perth to receive a $25m arts education initiative

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
The Packer Family Foundation and Crown Resorts have announced an eight year commitment to a new arts education initiative in Perth and Melbourne. The joint initiative was announced based on the success of the Western Sydney Arts Initiative. The program ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
A global retirement solutions executive says a stable, or even climbing, asset allocation glidepath in post-retirement may be a more sensible approach for target-date superannuation funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions ...

PIMCO receives Zenith upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Zenith has upgraded the PIMCO Global Bond Fund, PIMCO Credit Fund and PIMCO Diversified Interest Fund from 'Recommended" to "Highly Recommended". PIMCO Capital Securities Fund, which invests in securities issued by banks specifically to raise regulatory ...

Australian Ethical appoints equities analyst

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australian Ethical has appointed Mark Williams to its investment team as an equities analyst. Williams joins Australian Ethical from Morgans where he worked as an analyst. Prior to this he worked for ABN AMRO/RBS/CIMB. Australian Ethical chief investment ...

Super effectively the same as lotto for younger Australians

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Younger Australians have nearly as much faith in winning the lottery as using super to fund their retirement, according to a BT survey. BT's recent Australian Financial Health Index, based on a survey of over 4,000 Australians over 18 and weighted to ...