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China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
The People's Bank of China monetary easing policies have resulted in liquidity pouring mainly into the A-share market, J.P. Morgan emerging markets equity managing director George J. Iwanicki learned in a recent trip to the country. A-shares are shares ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
ClearView reported having 216 financial advisers under its license, following the merger with Matrix Planning Solutions in October. ClearView's net profit after tax was $9.9 million for the six months to December 2014, which represents a 9% growth from ...

IRESS profits up 28%

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
IRESS underlying group profit for the 12 months to December 2014 was $71.4 million, up 27.7% from the year before. Results were positively impacted by the full period contribution by IRESS' acquisition of Avelo in the United Kingdom, as opposed to only ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Westpac and Commonwealth Bank-owned Count Financial are among the 10 licensees forced to undertake corrective action following concerns by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns about financial advice relating to complex ...

Advisers add 3% returns for clients: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australian financial advisers can add about 3% in net returns for their clients by focusing on key wealth management topics such as asset allocation, behavioural coaching and cost-effective implementation. Vanguard's research uses data to examine six ...

Providers boost adviser access to managed accounts

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Financial advisers' access to separately managed accounts (SMA) more than doubled in the past year which could open the floodgates to wider uptake of the structure, the latest Investment Trends report said. Advisers who said their most-used platform ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Nationals' Senator John Williams has given Treasury the suggested terms of reference for a Royal Commission into white collar crime. Williams confirmed to Financial Standard that he gave the documents to Treasurer Joe Hockey's chief of staff two weeks ...

PM Capital global fund boosts income growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
PM Capital Global Opportunities Fund total comprehensive income was $26.5 million for the six months to December 2014, up from $1.5 million last year. The ASX-listed fund reported earnings per share of 15.26 cents for the first half of the financial ...

Suncorp Life appoints distribution GM

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
Suncorp Life has appointed an executive general manager of distribution to face the challenging conditions of the life insurance industry. Andrew Mair will take over the role on March 9 and will report to Suncorp Life chief executive Geoff Summerhayes. ...

Low rates set to push fixed income ETF growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
Demand for exchange traded funds (ETFs) holding fixed income is set to increase on a low rate environment, iShares director Jonathan Howie said. Howie told Financial Standard that demand for BlackRock's three fixed income ETFs has increased since mid-2014. ...