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Life Company of the Year crowned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... advisers thinking about their own legacy." Bineham offered a frank reflection on the year for the industry. "This year, like few others, has just been bloody tough," he said. "I don't mind doing exams, I don't mind doing CPD courses. But, the FASEA exam ...

Rapid pace of regulatory change to continue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... body. "Looking ahead to next year, what we expect is a continuation of what has been the prevailing environment of the last few years (at least), with ongoing political and economic uncertainty," she said. "And there will be no let-up in our increasing ...

Chief economist update: How low will Lowe go?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... above the US$0.6704 low plumbed after the RBA's third interest rate cut on 1 October. Information released over the past few days (before the jobs report) also provided early rate cut signals: November 8: The RBA Statement on Monetary Policy. The ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... inverted. This suggests that the Fed may have caught up with the curve with its three rate interest rate cuts over the past few months plus its "technical adjustment" (don't call it QE). In addition, the slump in global manufacturing activity appears ...

Pengana to acquire stake in US firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... building out the firm and ensuring long-term sustainability. Global Small Caps is a highly sought after asset class, with very few fund managers having substantial experience and long-term track records," Zell said. "In the current late stage of the ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... action, AMP Financial Planning only lost 37 advisers over the last three months. Synchronised Business Services was one of the few winners in recent adviser movements, while the vast majority of licences lost advisers Synchron's adviser count grew ...

Trustee firm launches admin platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
A trustee group is expanding its offering with the development of a new fund administration platform. MSC Trustees has launched MSC Abacus, a tailored fund registry, reporting and accounting service for capital managers. The new business is led by general ...

Industry fund awards admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... executive Mark Puli said the fund's delivery of services and products to members had benefited from technology in the past few years. "The super industry needs to evolve its transactional functions to be fully automated to further enhance the member ...

Chief economist update: Beam us up Scotty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
... his bank still assumes a cost of capital - hurdle rate - of 10% even after funding costs have fallen sharply over the past few years. Australia's AAA corporate bond yields have fallen to around 1.5% from about 4% five years ago and over 6% 10-years ...

Firetrail fund gets Morningstar rating

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... diversified overall portfolio. "We are confident the team can deliver outperformance over the full cycle, but reliance on a few high conviction stock bets will result in a high level of volatility."