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Investment trusts receive affordable housing concessions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
The Government is removing restrictions on managed investment trusts to facilitate new affordable housing developments. Investors will be able to pool funds into a professionally-managed scheme and receive concessional tax treatments assuming that at ...

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Morrison announced up to $5.3 billion will be invested in the new Commonwealth-owned company, WSA Co, to fund the first development stage of Western Sydney Airport, which will have the capacity to hold 10 million passengers each year. Work will commence ...

Asia-Pacific needs more retirement income specialists: Milliman

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... product solutions to achieve their goals in retirement," Milliman Australia practice leader Wade Matterson said. "The development of robo-advice has begun to gain traction in the superannuation industry in Australia, and we expect the same to occur in ...

HESTA appoints new CIO

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
HESTA is welcoming the next chapter of its investment team development, appointing a new chief investment officer. Sonya Sawtell-Rickson will oversee the fund's $37 billion portfolio of investments and lead the internal team in asset and risk allocation ...

FPA appoints conduct commission chair

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... deputy and acting chair, Kendall and the FPA wished to acknowledge the important contribution made by Vincent to the development of the CRC. "Over the past two years Mark Vincent has lead the CRC through an important period of transition, improved processes ...

Pengana hires Morningstar manager ahead of merger vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... its proposed merger with Hunter Hall. Guy Callaghan joins Pengana from Morningstar, where he was a regional business development manager for the same regions mentioned above. He spent four years in that role, having previously been a director at 2Integrity. ...

China slowing to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... that, "Financial security is an important part of national security and an important basis for the steady and healthy development of the economy," as he called (dictated?) for increased efforts to ward off systemic risks to help maintain financial security. ...

AUSTRAC launches tool to help advisers fight terrorism

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... businesses. This new guide provides a useful and easy reference tool for planners to keep on hand and is a welcomed development by AUSTRAC."

State Street services over half of global ETF assets

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
State Street has announced that global ETF assets under its administration have exceeded US$2 trillion. The Boston-headquartered corporation now services more than half (55%) of the global industry's ETF and ETP assets under management, according to ...

Australia can benefit from Brexit and Trump

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... should consider increasing investment in Asia's emerging markets. The latest report from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows Australian investors concerned with trade barriers resulting from Brexit and the Trump administration ...