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Convicted SMSF auditor disqualified

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
ASIC has disqualified a Melbourne-based SMSF auditor who is serving a jail term for previous charges. Nayanaka Arjuna Samarakoon pleaded guilty to criminal offences that included dealing with property reasonably suspected of being proceeds of crime ...

Time to move beyond "cheap and generic" retirement products: Milliman

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Milliman practice leader Wade Matterson thinks the Australian wealth industry should be called to account for creating a raft of "very cheap, generic retirement income products based on a lot of averages." Matterson explained that Milliman analyses ...

CBA affirms BBSW position

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... for CBA to implement. Bank bills are short-term money market instruments used by banks to borrow or lend, which help determine the key reference rate in Australia's financial markets.

ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... Services, a NAB subsidiary, until 2017. The corporate watchdog found Ramsay failed to make appropriate inquiries to determine if some clients' existing products met their needs. In other instances he provided misleading data and information which persuaded ...

Industry fund takes aim at asset manager diversity

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
A $43 billion super fund is reviewing 70 of its local and offshore asset managers to determine where they stand on workplace gender diversity. The reason for this, HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey explained, is the fund is "committed to gender equality ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... of poor quality advice, ASIC said. ASIC reviews the quality of advice provided by advisers on the high-risk list to determine whether the advisers are acting in their clients' best interests.

FPA optimistic CFP will get FASEA tick

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... Guidance around approved bridging courses is yet to come from FASEA. However, Kendall said the FPA took it upon itself to determine whether the CFP would meet anticipated criterion based off the Financial Planning Education Council's standards. "We took ...

Modern business demands driving adviser education uptake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
Financial advisers enrolling in higher education are focused on increasing productivity and boosting the operational efficiency of their practices, according to Mentor Education. The education provider believes increased enrolments in its courses demonstrate ...

CBA embroiled in rate-rigging allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
... 2012 and October 2012. Bank bills are short-term money market instruments used by banks to borrow or lend, which help determine the key reference rate in Australia's financial markets. Court filings show CBA, from time to time, traded in the bank bill ...

Future Fund manager joins Fidante

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
... joins Fidante as head of boutique strategy and business management. In a statement, Fidante said O'Keeffe will help determine the "strategic direction of Fidante boutiques and identify new investment capabilities." O'Keeffe worked in the Future Fund ...