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ASIC determines Aussie equity market "mostly clean"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
ASIC has found in a new report that 95% of listed equity trades on the market "exhibited no (or negligible) anomalous trading patterns" ahead of material announcements from November 2014 to October 2015. The regulator's Review of Australian equity market ...

Maple-Brown Abbott fund gets ratings tick

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
The Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure Fund, distributed by Ironbark Asset Management, has recently received substantial support from several research houses, wealth groups and platforms. The GLI Fund was recently upgraded to 'Highly Recommended' ...

Antipodes to launch global equities LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
Antipodes Partners is launching a global equities listed investment company. It will give retail investors access to the global equities market. The portfolio of the company will be based on the Antipodes Global Fund, which was declared by Morningstar ...

Terms of reference released for complaints system review

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
The federal government has released the terms of reference for the independent review into the financial system's external dispute resolution and complaints framework. The independent expert panel consisting of Professor Ian Ramsay (chair), Julie Abramson ...

Super funds struggling as member engagement decreases

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Superannuation funds are finding it increasingly difficult to keep their members engaged, according to CoreData research. The CoreData 2016 Member Engagement Report found that 51.4% of super members surveyed were engaged with their retirement savings ...

AZ NGA appoints Genesys vet as advice GM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory has appointed a new general manager, financial planning. Adrian Ashton joins AZ NGA from Financial Keys, where he worked as a financial adviser. Prior to that, he was director of the licensee advice, mergers and acquisitions ...

Real estate debt funds to exceed 2015 growth: Preqin

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
The number of private equity real estate debt funds grew by 25% and aggregate target capital grew by 41% in the year to July 2016, according to Preqin research. From 2013 to 2015, fund managers worldwide raised roughly $75 billion for these strategies. ...

Super changes to widen super gender gap: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
Changes to superannuation will deliver another setback to an adequate retirement for women, according to senior technical services manager at IOOF, Pam Roberts. Following the May 2016 budget there have been countless objections to the changes such as ...

Goal based investing puts retirees in the spotlight

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
A focus on the accumulator and obsession with superannuation has shifted the focus away from retirement investment, according to AMP Capital who is set to launch two new goals based products. Through focusing on a goal based approach, AMP Capital hopes ...

Rubik and class form advice tech partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Rubik and Class Super have partnered to provide accountants who are limited licence holders with advice technology. The partnership follows recently implemented changes to regulation requiring accountants to obtain the newly created 'limited' Australian ...