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Investors to move on property before election: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
The world's largest asset manager can't see the bottom of Australia's housing downturn and it expects investors to be ahead of the game. Giving its global investment outlook for the year ahead, BlackRock said softening house prices might lead investors ...

Perennial ups retail distribution

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
... knowledge of the dynamics of wealth management and the financial adviser channel will quickly have a positive impact as we gear up for a busy 2019," Murray said. Tisdell will also play a key role in growing relationships with "high-quality advice and ...

Advice firm runs rule over Labor policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
A prominent financial advice group suggests Labor's proposals on negative gearing, capital gains tax and dividend imputation all need a closer look heading into an election year. HLB Mann Judd Sydney wealth partner Jonathan Philpot said these issues ...

Lenders must recognise millennial wealth strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
More than 12% of online investors are gearing their investment portfolio and this could double in the next 12 months, the latest Investment Trends study reveals. And millennials are playing catchup. The research house recently released its 2018 Borrowing ...

FICAP launches 2019 program, names new charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is gearing up for its "Who Wants to be a Rockstar?" fundraiser, with the new charity announced this month. Last Thursday, the FICAP committee and the charity beneficiaries from this year's fundraising ...

Australia's first active fixed income ETF goes live

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
A Legg Mason affiliate has become the first to offer an actively-managed fixed income fund as an exchange-traded fund in Australia. Ringing the bell at the ASX in Sydney yesterday, Western Asset Management portfolio manager Anthony Kirkham listed the ...

Link, CBA ink $1.6bn PEXA deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
A consortium comprising Link Group and Australia's biggest bank will acquire Property Exchange Australia (PEXA) for $1.6 billion. Last month Link Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners made an offer to acquire ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
The latest quarterly statistics from the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal give a small insight into the workload that will face the Australian Financial Complaints Authority come Thursday. Closing to new complaints tomorrow, the Superannuation Complaints ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... multiple parties, so there's an opportunity there, she adds. Lusty's comments come as financial services leaders gear up for the annual Sibos conference from October 22 to 25 in Sydney. The conference will see Australia's big four banks and ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... ASX and Morningstar. VanEck also looked at the worst ETF performers of the month. BetaShares Geared Australian Equity Fund (GEAR) fell the most in September, delivering close to -4%. Small caps ETFs from iShares and VanEck vectors (IJR, MVS) also dropped ...