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Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called for greater clarity around the overarching purpose of the Financial Services Council's (FSC) Life Insurance Code. In its latest submission to the FSC the FPA noted that while the current draft has ...

Christmas in September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas everybody, merry Christmas! The Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed) played jolly old saint Nicolas, decking the financial market halls with boughs of holly (fa la la...) on the 21st of September. Santa Kuroda ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

Forager plans listing for Australian Shares Fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Australian small cap specialist Forager Funds Management is soft-closing its Australian Shares Fund and plans to move to a closed-ended structure in an effort to protect investors from the growth in the fund detracting from performance. The planned ...

Value stocks at inflection point: Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Perennial Value Management sees Australian equities at an inflection point in terms of favouring value with a host of small to medium-cap companies showing a strong earnings and dividend growth outlook. Perennial managing director John Murray told a ...

New fund of funds taps Indian equity specialists

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Two industry veterans have partnered with leading fund managers in India to offer sophisticated investors in Australia access to investment opportunities in the world's second most populous state. Former Macquarie division director Stephen Hopley and ...

AB fund receives rating upgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Lonsec has upgraded AllianceBernstein's (AB) Dynamic Global Fixed Income Fund to "Recommended". Launched in 2014, the fund is designed for investors with higher risk tolerances who want to achieve income returns exceeding those of bank bill rates. To ...

Advisers welcome super changes but need stability

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
The financial planning industry and financial advisers have largely welcomed the federal government's decision to drop the $500,000 non-concessional cap but argue changes to the system need to stop. Announced yesterday, Treasurer Scott Morrison said ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
JBS Financial chief executive and former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over ...

Agricultural investors create $10 million VC fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
A joint agricultural investment initiative between diversified financial services group Findex and the National Farmers' Federation is progressing toward the launch of a $10 million venture capital fund. The fund, created by joint venture SproutX and ...