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FEATURE: A new world order in active management

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... asset manager surveys of funds under management, are mirrored by exchange-traded fund data cited by State Street Global Advisers (SSgA). According to the global index provider, cash flows to Australian listed ETFs set a new record of $1.67 billion for ...

Grandfathering set to become next advice battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... get the grandfathering provisions sorted out," Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told advisers at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. "The priority now is to fix grandfathering because as an adviser you need to have portability ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... the moment because it's going to have an impact. It throws a big cloud on valuations." David Rae of DPR Accountants and Advisers meanwhile said events in Parliament last night were dramatic, but in practice little would change. "From a financial planning ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night. The reversion to the original legislation took effect as soon as ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has been facing a test of character," former FPA chair Matthew Rowe told advisers at the opening ceremony. "But we made a choice that we would not defend the indefensible, that we would set our policy ...

Vanguard launches hedged and unhedged intl ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... product offerings in the market. The new launches bring the number of ETFs offered by Vanguard for Australian investors and advisers to 12. "Australians are among the world's most enthusiastic overseas travellers, however, when it comes to investing ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... find it easy to mislead people," he said. "The truth of the matter is that our reforms ensured that the requirement for advisers to act in the best interests of their clients remained in full. Our reforms ensured that the ban on conflicted remuneration ...

Geared BetaShares ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said: "We created GEAR following extensive feedback from investors and their advisers that there was a gap in the market for a cost-effective geared fund that didn't expose clients to the risk of margin calls," ...

India mutual funds reach A$149bn

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... up about half the market while about one third of managed funds in India are distributed through non-aligned financial advisers, according to the Society of Financial Planners of India. Fixed interest funds account for 57% of the market followed by 16% ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... commissions they were paying and gave them the option to opt in or out of their arrangement with an adviser. They also ensured advisers were always working in the best interest of the client rather than their institution. But in July, the government ...