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Paraplanners tackle compliance challenges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The role of paraplanners in compliance has been highlighted at the FPA Congress, with discussion turning to the FASEA Code of Ethics which continues to present complications. Nadia Docker is director, client engagement at Integrity Compliance and part ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... investor appetite for lower-cost exposures is an unassailable driver in pricing for Morningstar director of manager research Tim Wong. "As it stands, there are now ETFs tracking most major bond indices, including some credit indices, and there have been ...

Super funds set to dominate ASX: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Australia's superannuation system is set to balloon beyond $10 trillion in the next 20 years and may come to own more than 60% of the market capitalisation of the ASX, according to Deloitte. New analysis from the global consultant shows the next 20 ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors suggests superannuation funds and investment managers are still not comfortable with flat dollar fees. The report, titled 'Managing costs and aligning interests: A decade on', written by director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

ASIC probes Regal Funds Management

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Regal Funds Management has confirmed an ASIC investigation into the asset manager is underway. In a statement, a Regal spokesperson said the firm this week learnt the corporate regulator had begun to conduct a preliminary investigation into the asset ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The RBA's growth and inflation forecasts and the Taylor Rule calls for just one more rate cut next year. So there we have it ladies and gents, the answer to every Australian's question du jour, how low will domestic interest rates go? I posed ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Heading along to the 2019 FPA Congress in Melbourne this week? Still unsure of what you're looking to get out of it? Congress chair Michelle Tate-Lovery is here to help. This year's Congress, taking place at the Melbourne Convention Centre from tomorrow ...

Global manager to build local retail team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
A global manager is ending a 14-year-long exclusive retail distribution arrangement with Colonial First State as it takes its Australian retail distribution in-house. Acadian Asset Management invests about $9.5 billion for Australian investors across ...

ACSI, AFIC respond to Westpac scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors welcomed the announcement today that Brian Hartzer will step down as chief executive of Westpac. "The actions taken today reflect the seriousness of the incidents and the failure of the bank to meet ...

J.P. Morgan predicts extended income squeeze

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
J.P. Morgan recently released its annual Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, forecasting the 10-15 year returns investors can expect. The research isn't rosy, predicting sluggish global growth, modest returns on stocks and an income squeeze for Australians. ...