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15 July 2014 • By Scott Hodder • 1 min read

Use currency to diversify, says First Quadrant

Alternative strategies based on currency can be used to diversify portfolios, but they are not a ‘black box’ solution, according to currency manager ...

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Blue Sky launches venture capital fund

Blue Sky Alternative Investments has launched its second venture capital fund, which the company claims will “bring funds to the cash-starved sector”

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ASIC urged to restrict complex products

Feedback received by ASIC has urged the regulator to restrict complex products to people who have either received financial advice or who meet the ...

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Former High Court judge to chair CBA panel

CBA has appointed a retired High Court judge to chair the bank's review of the “poor financial advice” delivered to Commonwealth Financial Planning ...

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Calastone automates fund distributions

Calastone has developed a distribution statement message service that it says will cut out the need for “clunky and slow” fax, post and email ...

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Govt consults on foreign pension fund tax

The government is moving to amend the managed investment trust (MIT) withholding tax regime in order to "attract and retain foreign investment in ...

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Standard Life backs mid-cap UK equities

Suggestions that UK mid-caps are expensive in comparison to larger companies are largely off the mark and could lead investors to miss out on valuable ...

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Brogden to depart FSC

FSC chief executive John Brogden will leave the Financial Services Council to head up another lobby group in December 2014. FSC chairman Greg ...

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AMP behind funeral bond commissions ban

KeyInvest, one of the largest providers of funeral bonds to financial planners, has acknowledged that pressure from AMP led it to remove commissions ...

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‘Bubble’ warning for global equities

Stock markets have performed “unrealistically well” since the GFC and there is a risk the situation could “explode”, says a finance academic

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