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Fiducian acquires three further firms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... grow with like-minded financial planners who adopt its compliance processes. This is important to ensure client best-interest." The acquired businesses will work with Fiducian's existing Perth salaried financial planning operations to optimise both targeted ...

Asia Funds Passport signed off

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016
... understood by Asian investors. So if Australia had new collective investment vehicles, we think that would attract much more interest from Asian investors. "Funds management is something that Australia has grown expertise in and we're actually really ...

Down, down prices are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2016
... to reverse the trend of weakening inflation in the domestic economy before it turns into outright deflation. Cutting interest rates is the almost universal knee-jerk response from the financial markets - as evidenced by the drop in the Australian dollar. ...

Multi-asset products continue to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... intervention distorting asset prices, we have seen a proliferation of new investment products. In the multi-asset space, solid interest in real return strategies has seen global players enter the Australian market in quick succession. Many have established ...

BoJ now top 10 shareholder in 200 stocks

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2016
... little choice but to invest in stocks having already pursued quantitative easing via bond purchases and also negative interest rates. "To critics already wary of the central bank's outsized impact on the Japanese bond market, the BOJ's growing influence ...

Centuria settles technology park deal

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... which sees it take a $104 million stake in the inner Sydney Australian Technology Park (ATP) following record investor interest in its corresponding unlisted Centuria ATP Fund. Centuria received over $130 million of Investor interest for the available ...

Australians short-changing themselves with cash bias

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
Too many Australians are prioritising term deposits and high interest savings accounts over superannuation, according to the BT Australian Financial Health Index. The survey revealed that 40% of respondents preferred cash-type investments, followed ...

AZ NGA subsidiary acquires $97m Adelaide practice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
AZ Next Generation Advisory subsidiary Pride Advice has acquired Bailey Capital Management (BCM). Based in Adelaide, BCM has over 400 clients representing $97 million in funds under advice. It advises on retirement planning, investments, insurance ...

Fixed income China's sweet spot

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2016
... will benefit from using China for diversification and yield opportunities. "In a global environment with low-to-negative interest rates, Chinese Government Bond yields (currently at approximately 3% for 10 year bonds) are more attractive than yields ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016
... sector purchase programme (CSPP). In his introductory statement, ECB president Mario Draghi announced that the ECB expects interest rates "to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time, and well past the horizon of our net asset ...