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Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
Minister for Small Business and Assistant Treasurer, Kelly O'Dwyer, has signed the Asia Region Funds Passport's Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with Japan, Korea and New Zealand. The Passport will facilitate the cross border offering of eligible collective ...

No bachelor's degree for existing advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
The government has announced that existing advisers will not be required to complete a bachelor's degree and will be given a longer time frame to meet new education standards in its revised draft legislation. In a statement, Assistant Treasurer and ...

Robo-advice to impact not replace: CFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
Robo-advice is set to have the greatest impact on the financial services industry over the next five years, according to new member research by CFA Institute. The Fintech Survey found that 70% of respondents believe that mass affluent investors will ...

Trust in financial advice falling

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
RaboDirect's Financial Health Barometer has revealed that Australians are becoming less trusting of financial advice, with only 29% of respondents stating they trusted financial advice in 2015, down from 40% in 2014. The survey found that a greater ...

iShares Core launches in Australia

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
BlackRock has launched its iShares Core exchange traded fund (ETF) range in Australia to provide investors with low cost, high quality and diversified exposures. iShares Core comprises thee equity ETFs and two fixed income ETFs that be combined to construct ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Fund managers are rushing to position themselves at the forefront of the multi-asset sector as the number of funds and products continue to grow, according to Lonsec. The researcher's Multi-Asset Sector Review revealed an influx of new multi-asset fund ...

Global real estate offers investors diversified approach

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Australians looking to diversify their property investments should consider global real estate as the Australian market continues to cool, according to State Street Global Advisors Australia. Shaun Parkin, head of SPDR ETFs at State Street argues that ...

Advisers shouldn't overlook workplace super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
Advisers looking to grow their businesses should not overlook workplace superfunds as a means of increasing revenue and their referral base, according to IOOF. IOOF, which has created a guide to help advisers succeed as a workplace super adviser, claims ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
China's bond markets can provide investors with strong yield and diversification opportunities, according to Western Asset Management. In a whitepaper discussing the significance of the Chinese economy in global markets, head of investment management ...

RARE Infrastructure joins mFund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
RARE Infrastructure, an affiliate of Legg Mason, has added two new infrastructure funds to ASX's Settlement Service, bringing the total number of funds available to 161. Ian Irvine, head of customer and business development at ASX, said that as an asset ...