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Volatility divides investors: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
As volatility and interest rate movements remain top concerns for investors, many are divided on the impact these risks will have on portfolio returns, the latest Natixis Investment Managers survey shows. About eight-in-ten (78%) of the 200 fund researchers ...

Application fees increase for tax advisers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Increased funding for the Tax Practitioners Board will be offset by an increase in application fees for tax practitioners, including financial advisers. The Government said it would provide $20.1 million over four years from 2018-19 so as to assist ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
Working baby boomers who also receive age pensions will now be able to earn up to $300 a fortnight before the Government starts to trim their pension payments. The 2018 Budget initiative formed part of Treasurer Scott Morrison's $258.6 million baby ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
The Federal Government has agreed to strengthen some of ASIC's powers but has deferred acting on recommendations to tighten self-reporting and industry codes as it waits for the dust to settle on Royal Commission findings. In its response to the Senate ...

David Murray becomes AMP chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
AMP has named Financial System Inquiry overseer and former CBA chief executive David Murray as its new chair. He will take on the role after AMP's annual general meeting in July, at which point executive chair Mike Wilkins will return to the position ...

Trustee firm lists $2bn in RMBS debt securities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Perpetual Trustee Company has listed three new debt securities on the ASX, which together are offering about $2 billion of RMBS debt securities to wholesale investors. Last month, Perpetual said Aussie investor's appetite for RMBS is strong, and more ...

Unlicensed SMSF advice not systemic: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
ASIC has completed its review of unlicensed SMSF advice from accountants. The regulator found that there were no systemic concerns around the provision of unlicensed SMSF advice, but did note that the accountants reviewed had significant levels of inaccurate ...

CFS partners to create ESG fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Colonial First State has launched a new fund with ESG and impact bond manager Affirmative Investment Management (AIM). The Affirmative Global Bond fund will invest in fixed income and cash assets where both the issuer and issues have passed an ESG and ...

NAB to divest MLC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
NAB plans to exit the majority of its wealth management operations, including divestment of Australia's largest retail MySuper product. While the bank will continue to service high-net-worth clients via JBWere, it is shedding the rest of its wealth ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Financial Standard's latest roundtable event turned attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over ...