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The $25 trillion decision US voters have to make

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
... international equity markets and a strong home country bias, particularly in the lead up to the US election outcome this week and with continued speculation about a possible Fed rate hike at the end of the year," VanEck Australia managing director Arian ...

Australian investors retreating to domestic assets

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... international equity markets and a strong home country bias, particularly in the lead up to the US election outcome this week and with continued speculation about a possible Fed rate hike at the end of the year." Commenting on the increased interest ...

ANZ mulls selling wealth business

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... wealth business, following on from its agreement to sell its Asian retail and wealth businesses to DBS Bank earlier this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, performance in ANZ's Australian wealth business weakened over the year, dropping by 24% to $159 million ...

New IOOF funds receive 'recommended' rating

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
The new MultiSeries funds launched by IOOF this week have each received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The researcher said that the IOOF MultiSeries 30, IOOF MultiSeries 50, IOOF MultiSeries 70 and IOOF MultiSeries 90 funds are all managed by a ...

BTIM adds to executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... Investment Management has appointed a new head of responsible investment. Edwina Matthew has re-joined the investment manager this week, having previously worked for BT in both Sydney and New York as senior vice-president, currency overlay and global ...

Life Insurance Code targets self-regulation

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... called for reforms to adviser remuneration and customer service, which are expected to be reintroduced to parliament this week in the form of the Life Insurance Framework. Speaking at the launch of the Code of Practice Trowbridge said: "This is the first ...

LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The legislation for the Life Insurance Framework will be formally introduced into parliament this week, the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National ...

Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... ticking for advisers at institutional licensees as another bank-owned advice service announced it was exiting the industry this week. Following news that Bankwest would be closing its salaried advice division in the coming months, and Suncorp exiting ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... investing in energy efficiency companies is a smart carbon strategy that is outperforming in recent years. In Australia this week talking to several investors, Jenkyn-Jones says Impax's smaller cap global specialists strategy targets companies that solve ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... election and industry bodies have been lobbying the government for further action, as reported by Financial Standard this week. The ASIC commissioner said a common line of enquiry from the industry has been in relation to the inclusion of transaction ...