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New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... They must also ensure they have taken reasonable steps to guarantee their clients are fully educated on the limitations and scope of the advice provided to them. Global law firm DLA Piper described the move as a 'softening' as the exposure draft required ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... dollar while the Japanese yen and the Chinese yuan have appreciated by 5.2% and 3.4%, respectively. Although it still has scope to lower borrowing costs (if necessary), the RBA's problem is it cannot even promise to lower interest rates to bring down ...

SuperConcepts to close Victorian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... the Glen Waverly site. "Following the expansion of our operations in Adelaide, we have made the decision to scale back the scope of our Glen Waverly site over the course of 2017. We appreciate this is a difficult time for employees," SuperConcepts chief ...

Former Ausbil managers start small-cap fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... capital growth and will be a strict limited capacity offering with a minimum investment of $250,000. "We've broadened the scope to be a small-cap specialist offering, so that's effectively an ex-100 offering...To suit that, we're using a small ordinaries ...

ASIC bans ex-AMP adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... years. ASIC was concerned about Fong's advice processes, particularly in regards to the way he narrowed the subject matter or scope of his advice. The regulator also raised concerns about how he arranged completing clients' paperwork and questioned the ...

Actuaries warn against one size fits all retirement products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... interests, including whether longevity protection products meet individual fund members' requirements. "There should be scope for the policy approach to be reviewed as the product landscape evolves. It should not be compulsory to offer a particular type ...

Moody's downgraded and upgraded China's ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
... remain resilient to negative shocks, with GDP growth likely to stay strong compared to other sovereigns, still considerable scope for policy to adapt to support the economy, and a largely closed capital account." Now why do I hear Ronan Keating singing ...

Financial advisers should consider bitcoin as an asset class: Dunworth

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2017
... is still small but Dunworth said some fund managers have started adding a digital currency component to portfolios. "The scope for opportunity is huge...if someone told you back in 1991 that you could invest in this thing called 'the internet', you would ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... to US$6.59 trillion from US$6.51 trillion in the year to March 2017. The report also shows a wide variance in the size, scope and purpose of sovereign wealth funds investing today, with the 10 largest funds collectively holding US$5.2 trillion in assets ...

ACSI welcomes new member

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is increasing its scope of influence with a new addition to its membership base. Corporate superannuation fund Qantas Super, which manages more than $7 billion in funds, will join 35 other Australian ...