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Retiring 'comfortably may require 3 income building blocks: Legg Mason

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
Advisers may have to recalibrate 'safe' retirement income portfolios in a world of low interest rates - and that may mean blending equity, real and fixed income. That's because when you consider the five-year rate on a typical annuity or term deposit ...

TH Real Estate chief resigns, replacement confirmed

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
TH Real Estate chief executive James Darkins will step down from his role after 17 years in the company and a new chief executive will start on 1 September. Darkins retires after over 30 years in the real estate industry, including senior roles with ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Philanthropic listed investment companies (LICs) are unique to Australia and represent a win for investors, fund managers and charities, Future Generation founder Geoff Wilson said. The Future Generation Investment Fund (FGX) is a $200 million fund ...

Big four prepared for APRA capital adequacy changes

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Australia's big four banks have commented on APRA's announcement that it would increase capital adequacy requirements for residential mortgage exposures. APRA's change means that the risk weight on residential mortgage exposures for Australian deposit-taking ...

Lonsec recommends BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Lonsec has given BetaShares' Nasdaq 100 ETF a Recommended rating. It's the first ETF listed on the ASX which tracks the Nasdaq-100 index, and was launched in May. Lonsec recommended it based on its ability to give Australian retail investors access ...

AMP expands US credit research team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
AMP Capital has appointed four people to its Chicago-based credit research team in a bid to increase its understanding of US high yield markets. Alexander Shire will join the team on 20 July 2015 as senior portfolio manager. He has 15 years of research ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Consumer-driven adviser review website Adviser Ratings has added the ability for advisers to endorse each other on the platform. The review service, which was recently revamped to make use of ASIC's Financial Adviser Register, added the planner endorsement ...

Neuberger Berman appoints manager from JPM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Investment manager Neuberger Berman Australia has created the role of relationship manager and appointed an executive from J.P. Morgan. Angela Verco will be responsible for leading the firm's relationships with Australian clients. Verco had a similar ...

ANZ ETFs added to BT, Asgard platforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The exchange-traded funds developed jointly by ANZ and ETF Securities have been added to the BT and Asgard investment and super platforms. Specifically, investors using the BT SuperWrap, BT Wrap and Asgard eWRAP platforms now have access to the ANZ ...

Round and round we go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
"Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel..." -Dusty Springfield Yes Virginia, the more things change... Here we go again, 'twas another deadline - 15 July - another missed deadline ...