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Aussie funds to access Asian markets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Both houses of Federal Parliament yesterday passed the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) bill that will open up Asian markets for Australian financial services companies. The legislation was tabled in late March. Wealth management industry data manager ...

Chief economist update: Shanghai's drop is China's problem, the yuan's slide is everyone's

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... Fed is on the path towards normalisation while the PBOC (just over the weekend) reduced its reserve requirement ratio. But yes Virginia, we all should "worry over impact." Those who still remember their history will recall that time in August 2015 when ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
Cryptocurrency usage in Australia is currently not large enough to raise policy concerns for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), an official from the central bank said in Sydney yesterday. The Reserve Bank has closely followed developments in the crypto ...

Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Creating a best-in-show list of default superannuation funds shouldn't overlook specific needs of members, particularly when it comes to life insurance, according to Cbus. The industry super fund told the Productivity Commission yesterday that while ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
A former Australian rugby union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. ...

BTFG adviser distribution team reshuffles

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
BT Financial Group head of adviser distribution Jo Moxey is leaving her role to pursue another opportunity within Westpac. A BTFG spokesperson confirmed the move this morning and said the group is proposing further changes inside its adviser distribution ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The $57 billion multi-boutique asset manager will launch a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds, starting with an actively managed fixed income ETF that it says will be the first of its kind in the Australian market. The ActiveX series is ...

Government opens consultation for amended CCIV regime

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The Federal Government opened consultation to industry stakeholders for the first tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018. In August 2017, the Government called for initial consultation on the CCIV ...

ASIC issues warning over Dover advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
Advice licensees considering onboarding ex-Dover Financial Advisers' authorised representatives have been warned to ramp up due diligence processes by the corporate regulator. As the fallout from Dover's shock closure continues, ASIC has reinforced ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
A room full of finance professionals tackled tricky case studies at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Forum in Sydney yesterday afternoon. Technical services professionals from IOOF and BT Financial Group presented case studies based on two ...