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Advice business offers enforceable undertaking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... found to be a generic statement claiming the FIA-branded product would generate long-term returns. ASIC said that in the majority of cases in which an SoA was issued recommending clients switch to the FIA-branded product, the additional information required ...

Financial services not immune to public inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... in financial services, Fergusson said, highlighting this positive finding in a new joint study by PwC and the FSC. A majority 82% of chief executives canvassed from the insurance, superannuation, funds and wealth management industries are confident about ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... sustainability research Jon Hale said: "Clients are clearly interested in discussing ESG with their financial advisers, but the majority of advisers need more professional education and practical insights on incorporating sustainable investing into their ...

Tech providers fall behind increased planner needs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2017
... could be doing more to support them. "While planners traditionally use platforms for their efficiency benefits, the vast majority are open to alternative solutions that play a greater role in advice delivery, from the back office to the front," Investment ...

Short-termism obsession misses premia: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... strategies lead to outperformance against the cap-weighted benchmark." Another strategy is thematic investing, whereby a majority of investors believe it enhances a portfolio's value - but at the same time deem it is complex to implement. "Some have ...

Argo LIC shakes up investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... ports, 4.2% to water, 5.5% to airports, 7.3% to cash, 9% to communications, 1.7% to diversified and 2.4% to cash. The majority (53.2%) of investments are in the US, followed by Europe (13%), Canada (9.1%), Japan (6.3%), Australia (4.4%), Asia-Pacific ...

Easton to acquire $1.7bn advice group

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2017
... "significant lift-up in earnings." At this stage, Easton has reached a formal conditional agreement with GPS Wealth's majority shareholders to acquire their shares, and is also proposing to acquire the remainder from minority shareholders. The maximum ...

A year on from Brexit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2017
... dynamics within the export sector," Lafferty said. He said May's defeat, while trying to strengthen her Conservative majority, has further weakened her bargaining position in negotiating around Brexit. "As such, while a clean break - "hard Brexit" - ...

Currency and managing volatility: New Financial Standard spot poll

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
An overwhelming majority of respondents to the Financial Standard weekly poll are in support of the banks' crackdown on employee background checks. Last week the publication asked about the crackdown and 80% of respondents voted in favour of the move. ...

CBA advice compensation reaches $29m

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... cases. CBA indicated to Promontory that it intended to finalise these payments over the next few months, and that the vast majority of cases will be closed by the end of the year. Of the 10,128 registered since the program's launch in 2014, 8654 have ...