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CBA says most customers received appropriate advice

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The fourth update on CBA's Open Advice Review has been released, which the bank said is evidence that the "majority of customers" assessed so far received appropriate advice. The report, prepared by Promontory Financial Group, is based on the nearly ...

AFA makes three senior appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers has made three key appointments. The first, Troy Nutley, joins the AFA as senior adviser, policy and professionalism. Prior to the AFA, Nutley held roles at Centrepoint Alliance and the Financial Ombudsman Service. ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Morningstar appoints head of sales and distribution

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
In her new role, Heather Dawson oversees Morningstar's sales and distribution efforts in Australia and New Zealand. Dawson has more than 20 years' experience in business leadership roles in the financial services industry in Australia and the United ...

Charter Hall appoints CEO amid restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
Charter Hall has appointed a new chief executive. David Harrison was moved to the position as chief executive and managing director following the Charter Hall board's decision to move to a new management structure. Harrison joined Charter Hall in 2004 ...

OneVue appoints fund services head from J.P. Morgan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
OneVue has appointed a head of its fund services business. Richard Harris-Smith joins OneVue from J.P. Morgan, where he was head of product solutions. Prior to that, he was a commercial director at CLS Group. At OneVue, Harris-Smith will manage all ...

Members should vote for super fund directors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The Governance Institute of Australia is proposing superannuation members at not-for-profit funds be given the right to vote for trustee directors as a solution to the governance debate. Governance Institute of Australia chief executive Steve Burrell ...

Hastings names new UTA portfolio managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
Westpac subsidiary Hastings Funds Management has appointed two new portfolio managers to the group's largest fund, Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA). Joining Hastings from Flagstaff Partners is Brett Mitsch, who will now be the lead portfolio manager ...

BOJ goes negative to get postive

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
A week and a day after equity markets welcomed Super Mario Draghi's announcement that the European Central Bank (ECB) would "review and possibly reconsider our monetary policy stance at our next meeting in early March in order to secure a return of ...

Investors can expect "reasonable" year despite gloom

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016
The economy will grow at 2.75%, shares will return high single digits and bonds look better than term deposits. That's the combined opinions of renowned Australian economist Don Stammer and Altius Asset Management chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon ...