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Treasury seeks consultation on adviser register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Treasury has started the consultation process on the public register of financial advisers, with submissions closing on December 17. The adviser register will be implemented as an amendment to the Corporations Act and approved through regulation. The ...

AWI laments 'bitterly disappointing' van Eyk investment

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
Australasian Wealth Investments (AWI) has said its 'disappointing investment' in stricken research house van Eyk was a major contributor to the company recording a net loss of $6.7 million in the 12 months to 30 June. In March 2013, AWI acquired a 49.6% ...

FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The active versus passive debate is one that has raged for decades but with the latest figures showing a steady increase in the amount being allocated to index strategies, Mark Smith asks the experts if the jig is up for active fund managers. It seems ...

Super sets sights on $2tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Superannuation assets climbed 10% in the 12 months to end September 2014 to reach $1.871 trillion and are on track to break the $2 trillion barrier by March next year. MySuper accounts for 33% of institutional super funds surveyed by APRA or $375 billion ...

Platinum reshuffles management after deputy CIO departure

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
The departure of its deputy chief investment officer will see Platinum Asset Management make a number of key management changes from 2015. Jacob Mitchell, the portfolio manager of the Platinum Japan Fund and deputy chief investment officer is set to ...

AMP Capital property CIO departs, replacement announced

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
AMP Capital director and chief investment officer of Property Andrew Bird will retire in March 2015 after a decade in the role. Bird will be replaced by Adam Tindall, who is currently chief operating officer, property, at AMP Capital. Bird has been ...

Increased record keeping provisions for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial advisers will need to keep additional records proving they've complied with the best interests' duty when they give personal advice to retail clients after 23 March 2015. Information to be provided will include documentation that proves the ...

Bullish sentiment at 4-year high, expect zero return in six months

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
So far so good. The men and women of the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) must be giving each other high fives (and down lows) at their success. In spite of the daily ups and downs, it appears to they've been able to wean Wall Street off of QE ...

Winners of advice research grants revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) has awarded the 2015 FPEC academic research grants to academics from Deakin University and the University of Western Sydney (UWS). Recipients of the grants will be awarded $5,000 each to support the research ...

A trillion euros is in the mail

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
What had been a mathematically-derived, guessed at and/or expected a,-1 trillion expansion in the European Central Bank's (ECB) balance sheet has just become fact - ECB President Mario Draghi promised - and it's unanimous. Most would have probably read ...