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Government shows commitment to funds management

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
Australian fund managers could see additional offshore funds flow into the sector following the Federal Government's commitment to clarify two key pieces of taxation policy. Announced by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer this ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
It seemed so long ago now that a "bag the Aussie dollar" campaign was what we read in financial media. The Australian dollar was trading at about US$0.75 then, it closed at US$0.7832 on 14 July and is currently trading at US$0.78. It's exactly two months ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
"It is worth remembering that it can take 18 to 24 months for a monetary policy action to have its full effect on inflation. This means that central banks must target future inflation by anticipating future deviations from target." These were the words ...

Whitehelm boosts water investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2017
Infrastructure investment manager Whitehelm Capital poured £45 million ($77 million) into debt issued by a UK water and sewerage company. Whitehelm finalised its investment in a junior loan issued by Kelda Finance, the first holding company of Yorkshire ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... strategy is thematic investing, whereby a majority of investors believe it enhances a portfolio's value - but at the same time deem it is complex to implement. "Some have implemented thematic investment within the risk limits and structure of the current ...

ASIC bans former Westpac adviser

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
A former representative of Westpac has been banned from providing financial services for five years following an ASIC investigation. Sudhir Kumar Sinha, a financial planner from Western Australian, was found to have systematically failed to meet his ...

Advisers maintain trustworthy reputation: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
The financial planning profession has maintained its reputation for being ethical and honest over the last five years, Roy Morgan research shows. About one-quarter of respondents in the market research firm's annual survey of the most highly-regarded ...

Last chance to have your say: Financial Standard weekly spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
A little more than one in 10 financial advisers will be reviewing client fee structures in the next financial year according to the latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey. This week the publication asked "If you are a financial adviser ...

Just what the doctor ordered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
You've all heard, read and googled the news - the Australian dollar is taking a battering and is headed down, down. I first came across this when I read Michael Wilson's piece on Bloomberg, "The Australian Dollar's Outlook Darkens" (16 May). Back then ...

Fund manager sells all shares ahead of crash

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
... like to make clear this is not a winding up of Altair, but a decision to hand back client monies out of equities which I deem to be far too risky at this point," Parker said. Parker said that Altair had also handed back hundreds of millions of dollars ...