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SMSF investors not all in property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... the property investment industry should be regulated and licensed in the same way as many other professionals. PIPA chair Ben Kingsley said unlike financial planning and mortgage broking, the provision of property investment advice still remains unregulated. ...

EQT appointed RE to newly-launched asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Equity Trustees has been appointed responsible entity to a newly-launched asset management business. EQT will now act as RE for MHOR Asset Management, the business co-founded by former Vocus Communications chief executive James Spenceley, who said ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Pricing too aggressively and paying nothing more than lip service to the notion that your clients are your partners is a slow route to profitability, according to GQG Partners chairman and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
Australia business confidence The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) 25bps cut in the official cash rate to 1.50% in August helped lift the NAB business confidence indext from a reading of plus 4 in July to plus 6 last month - consistent with its long-term ...

Saxo launches digital bond trading solution

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... the liquidity and range of prices available in the marketplace, Saxo said. Saxo Capital Markets Australia chief executive Ben Smoker said the digital bond trading solution will connect traders with the entire global bond market in a direct, competitive ...

Rice Warner strengthens team

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Financial services business adviser Rice Warner has appointed a new senior consultant to its team. Joining the industry consultant is Andrea McDonnell. She has more than 30 years' of consulting experience in the insurance, superannuation and employee ...

Proliferation of global equity products meet investor demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Lonsec Research has revealed a swell in global equity products in reaction to growing investor demand for global exposure and a variety of different strategies. Lonsec Research's recent Global Equities Sector Review showed that 2015-16 saw 172 different ...

Westpac refunds $9.2 million in unfair fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
About $9.2 million has been refunded by Westpac after more than 160,000 customers were wrongfully charged inapplicable account fees. The refunds are a result of the bank failing to waive fees on Westpac and St. George branded savings and transaction ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
Australia lending finance Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed a sharp 9.0% increase in the total value commercial finance commitments in July, more than reversing the 8.2% drop in the previous month. The increase was driven by ...

Link directors resign

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
Two Link Group directors have resigned following a sell down of remaining shares from two of the company's pre-IPO investors. Both Paul McCullagh and Cameron Blanks resigned from their board positions on Friday, following the previous day's sell down ...