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Advisers cautious of election promises

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... which is slated to take place before the end of May. Hume proposed introducing principles-based measures that can remove the safe harbour provision and simplifying Statements of Accounts and education requirements. AIA Financial Services chief executive ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... the idea of deregulating the advice industry and putting in place principles-based measures that can remove things like the safe harbour provision at the AIA Adviser Summit 2022. Hume is using the upcoming Quality of Advice Review to make this possible. ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... domestic inflation that this generates - due to higher import costs, exacerbated by the US dollar's appreciation (on safe-haven buying) - could force the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) by much more than expected. Financial markets expect the RBA ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

Zerocap unveils new bitcoin fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
Cypto asset investment platform Zerocap has launched a new fund, Zerocap Smart Beta Bitcoin, with the aim of effectively managing and reducing Bitcoin's high volatility and price swings. The objective of Smart Beta Bitcoin is to reduce and balance risk ...

FPA reschedules Congress

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is rescheduling its annual FPA Professionals Congress to November, taking place in-person at the ICC in Sydney. The FPA's flagship event was originally planned for 7-8 April, but following conversations ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... "[Think] about the business and how much conviction you have that you're not going to lose your money; it's 100% safe, you're pretty confident you are going to get a very high rate of return or satisfactory rate of return on your money." ...

Quay unveils currency hedged fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Quay Global Investors has launched a hedged version of its Global Real Estate Fund. The real estate fund manager unveiled the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (AUD Hedged). In light of this, the existing fund, the Quay Global Real Estate Fund, has been ...

Equity Trustees hires from Warakirri

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Equity Trustees has expanded its asset management team with the appointment of a responsible investing lead. The newly created role at Equity Trustees has been filled by Dilan Ashton. Ashton will be based in the Sydney office as general manager, responsible ...

Federal Reserve mulls central bank digital currency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... would be a liability of the Federal Reserve, the central bank explained. The paper states that while a CBDC could provide a safe, digital payment option, it may also have downsides. "They include how to ensure a CBDC would preserve monetary and financial ...