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FICAP is back on in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is returning after a pandemic pause. This year FICAP's Live & Acoustic event will be held on August 25 at the Establishment Ballroom and in support of Aussie youths in need. All proceeds will ...

Annual IMAP awards finalists revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
The finalists for the 2022 IMAP Managed Account Awards have been named, including across a new category for ESG products. The awards cover Australian equities, Australian equities small cap, international equities and multi-asset products, as well as ...

Lonsec acquires Implemented Portfolios

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
Lonsec is expanding its market reach with the acquisition of specialist MDA provider Implemented Portfolios (IPL). The acquisition will increase the firm's offering of complementary managed account solutions to financial advisers, whether it be separately ...

Former adviser sentenced over theft

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Former Sydney financial adviser Keith Flowers has been sentenced to three years and two months imprisonment, t o be served by way of intensive correction order, and fined $9500. The matter, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions ...

HESTA hires high profile economist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
HESTA has appointed high profile economist Annette Beacher as an investment manager and market strategist. Beacher has spent two decades as a market economist for international investment banks, working in Australia and Singapore. Most recently, she ...

OTC derivatives provider loses licence, executives banned

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
Over-the-counter derivatives provider Sirius Financial Markets Pty Ltd has surrendered its AFSL and its former executives Jonathan Schneider and Oskar Pecyna have both been banned for eight years. ASIC reported that Sirius Financial, trading as Trade360 ...

Acadian to build systematic credit capability

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
Acadian Asset Management is responding to investor demand and developing a systematic credit capability, hiring Scott Richardson to lead it. In his new role as director, systematic credit, Richardson will build out and lead a team of portfolio managers ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
Qantas Super and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have made a combined $100 million investment in the Ellerston 2050 Fund. The open-ended, wholesale fund, managed by Ellerston Capital will invest solely in companies that afford consumers ...

Nominations open for 2022 AFA awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... "We are excited to run our adviser awards program for the first time since 2019 and are looking for people within our profession who are doing great things for their clients and leading our profession in the direction of a brighter future where great ...

Don't forget: Adviser exam deadline looms

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
Existing advisers that haven't yet passed the Financial Adviser exam only have until midnight tomorrow to enrol in the final sitting. ASIC has issued a reminder to all financial advisers who were eligible for the deadline extension but are yet to pass ...