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Financial services leading Australian M&A

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... mid-market deals in infrastructure are more likely to be focused around services to the sector. However, there is also growing interest in Australia's agribusiness sector, with many reaping the benefits already of recently effected FTA's - beef exports ...

Advice firm made to take specialist SMSF training

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... was advising clients to establish SMSFs with initial balances below $200,000 - which, after fees, was "not in the best interest of clients." "Furthermore, the clients were advised to engage in high-risk gearing strategies that appeared to be inappropriate ...

Managed funds back on the menu for investors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... "falling confidence," resulting in "investors... becoming more risk-averse in their approach to investing." "Investors' interest in unlisted managed funds is driven by their desire for greater diversification in their portfolios," Choi added. "But what ...

Nikko handed Japanese fixed income mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2016
... forward to working with such a high quality partner in the Japanese institutional space." With the recent move to negative interest rates, Japanese investors are increasingly looking to mobilise their savings into investments other than Japanese government ...

Riskier glidepaths could be one retirement answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
A global retirement solutions executive says a stable, or even climbing, asset allocation glidepath in post-retirement may be a more sensible approach for target-date superannuation funds. J.P. Morgan Asset Management global head of retirement solutions ...

Munich Re Australasia MD and global CEO step down

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... stepping into the 'big shoes' of my predecessor. "This new responsibility comes during difficult times. The ongoing low-interest-rate phase places a heavy burden on the insurance industry and on Munich Re. Primary insurance and reinsurance need to go ...

Super funds encouraged to collect indigenous data

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
Superannuation funds must have a vested interest in reducing the number of indigenous Australians who are fully or severely financially excluded from the mainstream. This was the constant message delivered by First Nations Foundation chief executive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... provide monetary policy accommodation because it deems that "inflation risks remain high". The Russian central bank kept interest rates unchanged at 11.0% -- where they have been since August last year -- on the 18th of March as consumer price inflation ...

Super the bedrock for multi-sector funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
... 134. Global bond ETPs also entered the Australian market for the first time including the Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index (Hedged), Vanguard International Credit Securities Index (Hedged), and iShares Global Corporate Bond (AUD Hedged) ETF. ...

ASIC and UK regulator sign fintech deal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
ASIC and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have agreed to support innovative businesses or fintechs entering each other's respective markets. The goal is to reduce regulatory uncertainty for new Australian businesses entering the UK market ...