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The British pound's sterling reversal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... the BOE meeting) The British pound's sharp appreciation - on the back of the prospect of a sooner-than-later hike in interest rates - should prove Vlieghe's expectations for an "easing back of inflation" correct. This, in turn, would underpin a turnaround ...

Impact investment in real-time

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
Retail and sophisticated investors can now view live Australian impact investment opportunities through one public portal. From today the Impact Investing Hub is running its Current Deals Library, which lists live impact investment opportunities and ...

Managed accounts demand dominates platform market

KARREN VERGARA  |  SUNDAY, 17 SEP 2017
The rate of growth managed accounts are experiencing - three times faster than any other segment of the platform market - will fundamentally change the role of financial advisers, latest Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker Group director of research ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
The Federal Government is planning to turn superannuation on its head with a package of reforms introduced by Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer yesterday. The reforms, which apply equally to all APRA regulated superannuation ...

ASIC toughens MDA suitability rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
Platform providers and financial advisers offering a managed discretionary account (MDA) service should be mindful of the regulator cracking down on new suitability review requirements, a legal expert warns. Presenting at today's Financial Standard ...

Not happy enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2017
... wherefore's, Westpac chief economist Bill Evans explains it succinctly: "Pressures on family finances, concerns around interest rates, deteriorating housing affordability and rising energy prices have all weighed on confidence in 2017." This month's ...

Netwealth and Zenith enter partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... Accelerator and Wealth Accelerator services. Zenith joint managing partner David Wright said he has seen a "rapid rise of interest in managed account portfolio solutions" and particular demand from advisers. Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine ...

BEAR regime must extend entire industry: Medcraft

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
The conduct and culture within Australia's big banks is a major problem and the Government's proposed executive accountability regime is a step in the right direction - though it may not go far enough, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at a ...

Superannuation and debt: Inextricably linked

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2017
... this on a genetic level at this point." However, he continued, because debt levels in Australia are so high, and because interest rates appear to be rising, that will lead to "increase household fragility, which translates to increased political fragility ...

Boutique investment manager continues retail trend

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2017
... director Samuel Mann established a firm in partnership with Ironbark Asset Management designed to capture growing retail interest in alternatives products. Cooper Investments also flagged its intention to open its doors to the retail market earlier this ...