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Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... firm. Not only do they have to keep up with changes in law but where social licences are heading. "With a social licence versus a legal licence, market manipulation might have been seen as just a diverse trading strategy, now it's clearly illegal," he ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... will typically hold between 20 and 65 securities with a single security limit of 5% of the portfolio's net asset value versus its benchmark weight. It can also hold a maximum of 20% of NAV in cash. No shorting or leverage will be employed. Spheria said ...

Investment boutique adds global SMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... approach. The approach uses three core concepts to identify financially strong, strategically superior and high return versus cost. PPM chief executive and founder Hugh MacNally described the new SMA as an ideal solution for financial advisers who don't ...

Alpha FM awards Indian equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... to gain direct exposure to the Indian market given the structural reforms taking place and potential for outsized growth versus other markets." "India Avenue is well-regarded and one of the few managers offering direct Indian equity exposure to the Australian ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... financial advice and one of the main obstacles is the expense and complexity," Bineham said. In a focus session, 'Advice versus non-advice: When does the journey start?', Bineham will be joined by FinFocus Consulting's Simon Micallef to discuss ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... next year" looks ideal given the euro area financial markets' performance of late. Despite the euro's 12.4% appreciation versus the US dollar this year to date to US$1.18, the Stoxx-50 index has continued its strong run - up 8.8% since the start of the ...

India's upside risks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Indian economy should also get support from external demand given the rupee's recent turnaround - it has depreciated by 2.7% versus the US dollar to 65.38 rupees from the 2017 high of 63.62 rupees it reached in early August.

Trump-flation returns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... stuff of headlines going into and since he won the 8 November 2016 US presidential election. Reports abound about Trump versus Kim, Trump versus NATO, Trump versus the NFL, Trump versus Alec Baldwin and more recently, Trump versus the new "axis of evil" ...

Fees dominate super choice, RG97 falling short: ISA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... in the investment related fees or costs that must be disclosed in a primary PDS by a non-platform superannuation entity versus a platform superannuation entity, the report said. Linden said more than $500 billion is invested through platforms, which ...

SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... respective benchmarks over the 12 months to 30 June 2017. Describing itself as the "de facto scorekeeper of the ongoing active versus passive debate" since 2002, S&P said this year's scorecard tracked 731 Australian equity funds (across the large, mid ...