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FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... Financial Planning Association of Australia and the SMSF Association have all flagged FASEA's recognition of prior learning as a major talking point of the blueprint released on Friday evening. Essentially each industry body wants further detail on how ...

Inside Bennelong and its UK engine room

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... shop) and emerging markets start-up Pembroke (led by Sanjiv Bhatia, a former Harvard Endowment EM portfolio manager). "[A major] point of establishing in the UK was to access European investment talent for the benefit of Australian investors," Thomas ...

Knowledge, action gap puts SMSF savings at risk: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... the ability to achieve it," Maroney said. The research comes as part of the inaugural SMSF Week aimed at addressing the major issues facing the sector, including the argument that SMSFs are not suitable or effective if the balance is less than $1 million. ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... effects of the US fiscal stimulus and the lagged effects of the Fed's previous rate hikes. Latest indicators from the major economies of China, the Eurozone and Japan clearly show the loss of growth momentum there. Trump's tax cuts and fiscal ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... next November. He also spoke about the ongoing financial services Royal Commission and the association's work outside these major industry movements. This included enshrining the term financial planner and adviser - "so if consumers go to someone who ...

AFCA creates small businesses ombudsman role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
The newly established Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) will appoint an ombudsman dedicated to helping small businesses resolve disputes with their financial service providers. AFCA will consider complaints from small businesses with ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... of FY18, its FUM grew by 8% year-on-year to hit $3.1 billion. Investors are increasingly adopting bond ETFs to gain four major benefits: liquidity, transparency, low fees and diversification. This is according to S&P Dow Jones Indices director of fixed ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
A Swiss asset manager has invested $50 million in a Queensland-based solar energy plant, as it makes it first foray into Australian renewable assets. SUSI Partners is an asset manager based in Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure ...

Chief economist update: Faster wages growth a one-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
"There was a higher rate of wage growth recorded across the majority of industries in comparison to this time last year, reflecting the influence of improved labour market conditions. Annual wage growth at the Australia level was 2.3%, the highest growth ...

Whitehelm targets $2.4tn sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... up to pool pension fund investments in select smart city infrastructure across Europe, North America, Australia and other major urban areas globally. The fund will finance the scale up of integrated smart city solutions, which currently do not have access ...