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ASI bolsters SMA service

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... individual objectives as well as greater flexibility when managing downside investment risk. In addition, we have been able to strip back cost for our clients which was a key focus for us." Futuro Financial Services managing director Paul Kelly agrees ...

Tax fraud goes from paradise to prison

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... was sentenced in the District Court of Queensland due to his involvement in an intricate tax evasion scheme designed to strip Australian companies of their assets and leave them unable to pay tax liabilities. The scheme was established in a way so that ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
At a virtual round table hosted by QIC the chief investment officers of AustralianSuper, LGIAsuper and more defended allocations to illiquid assets. Following weeks of scrutiny over potential liquidity issues facing super funds, the chief investments ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Latest insights show the fortunes of the 2019 equities rally laggards have changed, having so far come out on top during the COVID-19 crisis. Asia and emerging market strategies have topped their diversified global equities counterparts amid the dramatic ...

US turns to QE, RBA to follow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... which is ravaging grocery stores. The concept of "social distancing" is seeing many Australian's flock to stores to strip the shelves in preparation for self-isolation. Central banks are seeing this reaction as concerning for the global economic ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

Dover, McMaster found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... misleading and "an exercise in Orwellian doublespeak". "The document did not protect clients. To the contrary, it purported to strip clients of rights and consumer protections they enjoyed under the law," the judge said. The judge accepted ASIC's ...

ASIC zeroes in on SMSF auditors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
ASIC has taken action against three SMSF auditors for breaches and deficiencies in their auditing. The corporate regulator disqualified a pair of SMSF auditors and imposed conditions on another, after it found the auditors to be deficient across a range ...

Best and worst performing global shares funds revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
New Morningstar research has revealed the best and worst performing actively-managed global shares funds to June end. The top 10 performers all delivered more than 20% in the first six months of the year, stripping the benchmark by at least 3%. Zurich ...

State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
Investors and financial advisers were left confused when the almost $4 billion SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund (ASX: STW) failed to pay out any franking credits with June's year-end distribution for the first time in its 18-year-long history. State Street paid ...