Record-breaking year predicted for ETFs

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The sharemarket’s shaky start in 2016, after falling for the past 11 months, is prompting a surge of investment in exchange traded products (ETPs) that may exceed $8 billion in... Read more continue reading

Emerging Markets: the optimistic view

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With all the gloom and doubt surrounding China and other emerging market economies, Portfolio Manager of the Van Eck Emerging Markets Equity Strategy, David Semple, remains optimistic that 2016 will... Read more continue reading

iShares Leads Global ETF Industry with $130 billion of 2015 Inflows

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BlackRock announced last week that its iShares business led the global industry by winning $130bn[1] in new flows in 2015, or a 13% organic growth rate. BlackRock set new growth... Read more continue reading

Australian Ethical: a view from Paris

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Chief Executive Officer of Australian Ethical, Phil Vernon, attended the Paris COP21 climate talks last week. After an intensive week of meetings with business, government and NGO stakeholders, he drafted... Read more continue reading

Pressure and change in the European insurance sector

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Standard Life Investments has undertaken one of the most comprehensive surveys of its type to date to understand and assess the longer-term impact of the low-return environment on European insurers.... Read more continue reading

Altius fund receives responsible investment certification

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The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund has been accredited by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and is one of the first bond funds to be certified under its responsible investment... Read more continue reading

Risk advisers need better recognition in new education standards

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Under the Government’s draft professional standards for advisers, risk advisers should have a speciality education stream that relates specifically to life insurance and should also have any existing knowledge and... Read more continue reading

Global matters – Listed Infrastructure Investment to 2020 & beyond – Part 1

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Greg Goodsell, Global Equity Strategist at 4 Dimensions Infrastructure, looks at the prospective growth of global listed infrastructure. In part 1 of this 2-part article, he looks at the need... Read more continue reading

BDO’s Mark Molesworth sought after for another term on Board of Taxation Advisory Panel

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BDO in Australia has announced the reappointment of Tax partner Mark Molesworth to the Board of Taxation’s Advisory Panel until the end of 2016. The Advisory Panel draws together some of Australia’s leading... Read more continue reading

Ensure your SMSF is on track for a new year

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Trustees and advisers of self managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) should ensure the have checked off five key factors to make certain their SMSF starts 2016 on the right track, says... Read more continue reading