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ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... best- and worst-case scenarios. Another submission suggested that disclosure could be improved if product issuers and research houses provided advisers and investors with reports which contemplate the usefulness and suitability of products for retail ...

BetaShares appoints AFR columnist as chief economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... columnist at the Australian Financial Review. He began his career at the Commonwealth Bank before taking a role as a research economist at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. BetaShares managing director ...

Platinum and Iress named 'laggards' on sustainability

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... crucial input into investors' processes for engaging with companies and exercising their ownership rights." Hagart said the research showed a positive trend in ESG reporting, but added that the bottom 40% of ASX 200 companies were still failing to meet ...

ASX mFunds FUM already ahead of ETFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... preference to other channels. "The growth of this new component of the retail investment market segment reinforces our research published earlier this month that revealed directly invested assets already matches the size of the $1.8 trillion funds under ...

Demographic shift injects growth into healthcare property investment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... up with the demographic demand," Pratt said at a media briefing in Sydney. According to Australian Unity Investments research, less than 1% of all real estate investment goes towards Age Care assets versus 16% in the US. Pratt added that as healthcare ...

Australian students get top marks for financial literacy

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... This suggests that these students will be less prepared for future financial decision-making according to Larbey. The research found that 79% of students agreed that it is important to learn money management at school. The release of PISA coincides with ...

HK funds market climbs to A$2.4tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... including $1.8 trillion that is Australian sourced and A$200 billion sourced from overseas investors, according to Rainmaker research. Australia is thus the second largest Asia-Pacific funds management market ex-Japan. But while Australia's FUM business ...

Mercer appoints research manager from Count

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
Former Count senior research executive Brendan Irwin has been appointed to the role of research manager within Mercer's financial advice business. In this role, which he began on 7 July, Irwin will be focused on investment research, a Mercer spokesperson ...

Standard Life Investment property specialist joins Neuberger Berman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... Asia for Australian fund manager Perennial Investment Partners. He was also a director and head of regional property research for ABN Amro Bank, and a research/property analyst at NatWest Securities and UBS Warburg. "Anton is a highly skilled investor ...

Former BlackRock exec joins Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
Robeco has appointed Matthew Young as regional manager retail business development in Sydney. He will lead the development of the Netherlands-based asset manager's relationships with financial advisers and promote Robeco's investment strategies, including ...