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Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Retail investors losing money on recent short volatility strategies indicates ETF providers have a bigger role to play in education, according to global SPDR chair Jim Ross. Speaking at a media roundtable in Sydney, Ross said it was paramount that investors ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
ASIC, financial advice industry associations and dealer groups will face the latest round of public hearings in the financial services Royal Commission. Led by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the inquiry has called upon the Financial Planning Association ...

Victims of crime to receive super access

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... compassionate circumstances. The proposals have received more than 60 feedback submissions and are expected to enter another round of consultation.

Chief economist update: The euro's doing Trump's work in the Eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2018
... new trade measures announced by the US administration," Draghi said. "Our own internal estimates suggest that the first-round effect on the euro area of the proposed measures is likely to be small, even if there is symmetric retaliation from US trading ...

FSC proposes genetics and insurance council

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
The Financial Services Council is proposing to establish a Genetics and Insurance Advisory Council in an effort to engage in a booming field of clinical research and genetics testing. Chief executive Sally Loane announced the initiative at this morning's ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products including home loans ...

More than half fail CFA exam

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018
Only two-in-five people working in the investment industry passed the first stage of the most recent Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination. Of the 68,086 candidates who took the Level I exam in December last year, 57% failed to progress to the ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... this year Bugcrowd established a Sydney office as well as offices in Boston and London to meet growing demand. The latest round of fundraising was spearheaded by US multi-strategy asset management firm Triangle Peak Partners and also included commitments ...

Link signs two industry funds, eyes UK pension admin

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Fund administration giant Link Group is sizing its opportunity to enter the UK pension market following the successful acquisition of Capita Asset Services and continued growth across the global business. Come 30 June 2018, about half of Link's revenue ...

BetaShares expands in Queensland

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
BetaShares is opening an office in Brisbane alongside a round of senior appointments to boost its national footprint. Leading BetaShares' Queensland presence is Craig Higson, who joins the ETF manager from SuperConcepts, where he was SMSF solutions ...