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China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... builds on strong foundations set by former Prime Ministers Whitlam, Hawke, Howard and Gillard and puts Australia ahead of the USA, Japan and most of Europe in signing an agreement with China. Make no mistake, the China Australia Free Trade Agreement ...

Shares increasingly popular for Gen Y

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
More than half of CommSec's new customer base is aged under 35, and more than a quarter of 25 to 34-year-olds directly own shares according to the company's latest analysis. CommSec has undertaken a review of share trading and economic developments ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

Regulator clouding wealth management: PractiFI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
Weaknesses in outsourcing wealth management via cloud technology or shared computing services - as identified by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) - have sparked an impassioned response. On Monday APRA released an information paper ...

Class expands in the SMSF cloud

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
Processes in administering self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) that previously took a couple of days to complete can now be triggered with the push of a button. Cloud-based solution, Class Super, has launched a suite of application programming ...

Saxo launches trading platform for SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
Saxo Capital Markets has launched an online multi asset trading platform in Australia targeting self-managed super funds (SMSFs) and high net worth investors. The SaxoTraderGO platform is designed for casual traders who become increasingly professional ...

SMA usage climbs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
One in five (20%) financial advisers are now using separately managed accounts for investors, according to research by JBWere and Investment Trends. This is the highest level of usage recorded, indicating both the growing client preference for the transparency ...

Advisers turning to annuities for longevity risk

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
An increasing number of financial advisers are recommending annuities to address growing concerns about longevity risk, according to Investment Trends' December 2014 Retirement Planner Report. The report, based on a survey of 617 financial advisers ...

ETF investor numbers growing rapidly

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Findings of a recent BetaShares and Investment Trends exchange traded funds report showed the number of investors in ETFs surged by 46% in the past year. The report, which quizzed 10,530 investors and 768 advisers on their experiences and usage of ETFs ...

PMI surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... Japan's and China's. The latest Markit US Manufacturing PMI reading suggests it will for despite the strong greenback, the USA is doing A-OK. Here are Markit's dot points on the flash March reading: Sharpest rise in output since September 2014 New orders ...