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FPA appoints former ASFA adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has snapped up an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia senior policy adviser to fill a newly-created role. The FPA has created the role of professional practice manager to focus on the association's ...

Powerwrap appoints head of operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
Powerwrap is welcoming a new head of operations as it continues preparations for its IPO. The platform and managed accounts provider has appointed Andrew Hartnett to the role, expanding its senior management team. Hartnett was most recently head of ...

Choice members worse off in retirement: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Latest research shows MySuper members are $50,000 better off at retirement compared to those invested in choice products. Research from the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees and Rice Warner shows super members invested outside of MySuper ...

Zenith introduces shareholder voting advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2018
Zenith will start providing formal recommendations to help financial advisers and their clients vote on important shareholder matters. Zenith said the market has reached a tipping point where advisers are increasingly being asked by clients which way ...

Investa Office Fund's Canadian bidder ups the stakes

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A Canadian real estate group has topped private equity juggernaut Blackstone's bid for the Investa Office Fund. Oxford Properties Group offered to pay $5.60 per share in cash to acquire 100% of IOF, according to company filings on Friday. This is 10 ...

ASIC commences civil action against ANZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
ASIC has commenced civil penalty proceedings against ANZ for its involvement in an alleged criminal cartel relating to a $2.5 billion institutional share placement in August 2015. ASIC alleged ANZ failed to notify the ASX that $791 million of the $2.5 ...

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Operating and investing in Australia for more than a decade, a contrarian asset manager is introducing superannuation and retirement investment solutions to the local market. White-labelling the OneVue wholesale platform, Allan Gray Australia is offering ...

Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
A prominent law firm believes elder financial abuse should form one of the main issues to be examined at the newly established Royal Commission in to the aged care sector. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers welcomed the Federal Government's intention to establish ...

Chief economist update: China shares inclusion in MSCI is a blessing and a curse

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Three months and a few days ago, the inclusion of China's A-shares into MSCI indexes got investors all excited. 1 June 2018 marked the day when Morgan Stanley Capital Index (MSCI) included Chinese A-shares into its benchmark MSCI Emerging Markets ...

Dealer groups lift due diligence post Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
The sudden closure of Dover Financial Advisers saw a mad scramble by authorised representatives to secure alternative licensing arrangements. Hundreds were successful in doing so before the July 6 deadline, but latest ASIC Financial Adviser Register ...