Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from AdviserVoice

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Wishing you a safe and happy festive season. We look forward to bringing you the latest news and perspectives from practioners, industry bodies and all other areas of the Australian... Read more continue reading

The Fed hikes and Trump stimulus in 2017 – implications for investors and Australia

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Key points After a year since the first Fed rate hike in this cycle, the Fed has finally moved the Fed Funds rate up again from a range of 0.25-0.5%... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases world-first licensing exemption for fintech businesses

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ASIC has released class waivers to allow eligible financial technology (fintech) businesses to test certain specified services without holding an Australian financial services or credit licence. ASIC Commissioner John Price... Read more continue reading

IOOF appoints new Portfolio Manager

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IOOF is pleased to announce the appointment of Osvaldo Acosta to the newly created position of Portfolio Manager, Fixed Interest. Mr. Acosta joins IOOF from Western Asset Management, where he... Read more continue reading

Goals based financial advice reaches critical mass

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Australian financial advice industry group the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) has celebrated its two-year milestone, unveiling a series of announcements to take the fast-growing Association forward in... Read more continue reading

Star Trek territory – where asset classes have never been before

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  Asset prices have risen to record levels in recent years owing to central banks embarking on a policy of monetary easing and direct intervention in the aftermath of the... Read more continue reading

Eaton Vance bolsters Global High Yield investment capabilities

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Eaton Vance Management (International) Limited (EVMI), a subsidiary of Eaton Vance Management, has announced that Clifton Bowie (Bo) Hunt has joined the firm as Vice President, Global High Yield Analyst,... Read more continue reading

Malaysia & SE Asia could provide workable life solutions for retirees impacted by new Assets Test

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The rude shock many seniors will wake up to on January 1 2017 as the impact on pensions and benefits are realized as the result of changes to the Age... Read more continue reading

Instability, ‘financial pornography’ and the fear driving financial advice

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A national group of financial advisory firms, Certainty Advice Group, predicts the populism sweeping aside long-held assumptions about financial security will change the financial advice landscape forever. This theme is... Read more continue reading

A world of contrasts: Davis Advisors

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Speaking to financial advisers at a recent Pan-Tribal lunch, Peter Sackmann of Davis Advisors took attendees on a world tour, looking at markets, sectors and stocks in each region. Peter... Read more continue reading