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Adviser exam draft legislation released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... regulatory and legal obligations of financial advisers, applied ethical and professional reasoning, and financial advice construction. The assessment will be conducted in a range of capital cities and regional centres and each attempt will cost $540 ...

Mercer names senior investment consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... commencing February 2019. Relocating from Ireland, McCabe will be responsible for leading manager selection and portfolio construction at the asset class level for Mercer funds. He brings international experience having recently worked as a senior investment ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... building approvals dropped by 13.4% in the year to October (from 12.8% in the previous month) and the AiG performance of construction index dropping further into contraction territory to 44.5 in November. According to AiG, "House building activity recorded ...

FTSE Russell expands ESG research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... allow the firm to develop a new set of ESG indexes, with Sustainalytics' ESG risk ratings research to inform the construction of the indices. Set for release in early 2019, the first products in the partnership will be based on the Russell US indexes ...

Emerging markets must be long-term bet

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... equilibrium of all the asset classes you're investing in, then the short-term picture is always going to matter to you, by construction," Bilton said.

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... the investment process, including index-linked product creation and performance benchmarking, as well as portfolio construction and rebalancing, and asset allocation. Index-linked investment products, such as ETFs and mutual funds, commonly pay MSCI ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... Companies that improved their profitability include: electricity, gas, water and waste services (+7.0% from -2.8%); construction (+9.8% from -2.8%); accommodation and food services (+13.5% from -3.8%); information media and telecommunications (+3% from ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... acquired in actual financial advice scenarios, testing competency areas in the Corporations Act, financial advice construction and applied ethics. Two days later, FASEA released its draft degree requirement legislation, proposing that an existing adviser ...

Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... Employee Retirement Fund was established in 1984 to provide superannuation benefits to employees of Tasmanian building construction, joinery and facilities management company Fairbrother. Fairbrother employs more than 500 people across Tasmania and regional ...

Mercer creates portfolio management lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... 2019. He will relocate from Dublin to Sydney. McCabe will be responsible for leading manager selection and portfolio construction at the asset class level for Mercer funds. He brings international experience having recently worked as a senior investment ...