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Advisers under the Periscope

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
The annual Business Innovation and Social Advice Summit hosted by The Social Adviser is kicking off next week, with financial advisers given the option to follow select sessions through Periscope. Periscope is the new livestreaming video app launched ...

AustralianSuper makes major play for King's Cross

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
AustralianSuper has placed a vote of confidence in the UK's King's Cross development, increasing its stake from 25% to 67.5% in less than 12 months. The UK government announced on Friday it had sold its 36.5% portion of the project to Australia's largest ...

PwC appoints SMSF specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
A growing number of PwC clients moving in to self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) has led to a new appointment at the professional services firm. Recently joining as director of PwC Private Clients is Liz Westover. She is expected to bolster PwC's ...

Robert Lipman re-brands, appoints MD

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
Advice firm Robert Lipman & Associates has changed its name and appointed a new managing director. Paul Burgon takes on the role at the firm, now known as Lipman Burgon & Partners, from founding partner Robert Lipman, who will now become executive chair. ...

Revised legislation to ease foreign access to local managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015
The government's revised Investment Manager Regime (IMR) draft legislation contemplates removing tax impediments that traditionally have deterred foreign entities from using Australian fund managers. "The revised IMR legislation will provide foreign ...

Young advisers flock to the AFA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Young advisers have responded to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) GenXt initiative and now 30% of the organisation's members are under 40 years of age. "We have made a significant investment, through the GenXt initiative, in helping our members ...

CBA wealth management FUA up 11%

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
Commonwealth Bank's wealth management division contributed strongly to the bank's solid half-year result, increasing funds under administration by 11% and delivering outperformance from 85% of funds over three years. The bank reported a statutory net ...

Lump sum rules 'utterly unsustainable': Sherry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2014
Former minister for superannuation Nick Sherry has branded as "utterly unsustainable" the rule allowing Australian retirees to withdraw their superannuation as a lump sum. Speaking in the opening session of the Financial Services Council conference ...

AIMA appoints new general manager

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has appointed former hedge fund manager Michael Gallagher as general manager of its Australian National Group. Gallagher replaces Brett Ireland who has decided to focus on a full-time role elsewhere ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
In the latest edition of Financial Standard we look at the recent regulatory changes that have removed some of the barriers to the Australian corporate bond market and investigate why Australia is still behind its international peers in getting involved ...