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Pendal Group appoints international business lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
Pendal Group announced the appointment of a chief executive for its J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) operations in the UK, Europe and Asia. Alexandra Altinger will head up UK, Europe and Asia operations for JOHCM. Altinger was previously chief ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
New research suggests investment objectives of superannuation funds should be assessed on their own merit as the level of risk does not always directly link to returns. Rainmaker's inaugural RMetrics MySuper report took a deep dive into the relationship ...

APRA to boost staff numbers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
APRA has confirmed it will hire around 100 more permanent staff after its funding boost. In a planned statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee, APRA chair Wayne Byres revealed the prudential regulator is looking to hire 100 more permanent ...

YTML expands team, signs new client

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... for improved business efficiency. Coinciding with the new appointment, YTML has also signed financial advice dealer group Merit Wealth to its Seido platform. Seido is a financial services app store which YTML says consolidates multiple systems and solutions ...

Treasury proposes standardised default insurance definitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's push to have standardised terms and definitions for group insurance is open for consultation until April 26. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is taking recommendation 4.13 from the Royal Commission's final report further by determining ...

Banks, ASIC still at war over fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
ASIC's fee-for-no-service report card shows the regulator and some financial advice licensees still have fundamentally different views on what constitutes a fee-worthy service. ASIC's fees-for-no-service further review report card has shone light on ...

SMSFA turns up the heat on franking debate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... pretty bad policy". "It's biased, it's just a tax grab," he said. "It is just an unfair tax. You can debate the merit of it, the only reason they're grabbing it is because it's grown from $500 million to whatever it is...$5-6 billion." ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... Michael Blake said. "The current climate means more demand than ever for transparent financial products that are sold on merit, and that place control and clarity in the hands of the investor and the adviser. Centuria LifeGoals does exactly that." Blake ...

BT launches new managed accounts offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... debate over the Productivity Commission's proposed best-in-show default superannuation fund shortlist, saying there was merit in the idea.

Vale John Bogle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
Vanguard founder John Bogle has passed away at the age of 89. The investment legend who introduced the first index mutual fund for investors, died today in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Vanguard chief executive Tim Buckley paid tribute to Bogle, and said ...