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First on the block: CBA to develop blockchain bond

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018
Australia's biggest bank is set to deliver the world's first blockchain bond, in partnership with the World Bank. Commonwealth Bank (CBA) will deliver the first bond in the world to be created, allocated, transferred and managed using blockchain technology. ...

Centrepoint bumps up advice litigation provision

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
Centrepoint Alliance flagged an increase in advice litigated claims is on the horizon for its subsidiary Professional Investment Services (PIS), quantifying the amount to be $2 million more than anticipated. Following its reassessment of PIS' legacy ...

Global manager hires former Wallaby, launches unit trust

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
A former Australian rugby union centre is joining a UK-based equities manager as its managing director for Australia. The firm is also launching an Aussie-based global equities unit trust seeded with $130 million from an industry superannuation fund. ...

ASIC and FPA submit recommendations to RC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
ASIC and the FPA have made several recommendations to the Royal Commission, including eliminating the practice of grandfathered advice commissions. In its second round submission to the Commission, ASIC said it was concerned ongoing advice arrangements ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Financial advisers are struggling to comprehend the level of misconduct revealed by the past fortnight's Royal Commission hearings. Will the non-aligned advice space be strengthened by the findings? Or will the vertically integrated model withstand ...

Beware downsizer downsides

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
Certain superannuation reforms may seem straightforward yet financial advisers are at risk of coming unstuck if they don't adequately familiarise themselves with the rules. Commenting on the downsizer contribution allowable for over-65s from 1 July ...

SMSF Association names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
The SMSF Association will welcome a new chairperson at the close of its 2018 National Conference. Replacing former Count Financial managing director Andrew Gale, Professor Deborah Ralston will assume the position. Ralston joined the SMSFA board in July ...

CFA Australia recruits industry veterans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
CFA Societies Australia appointed investment management veterans Maria Wilton and Stephen Dunne to chair its diversity and advocacy bodies respectively. Wilton is the new chair of CFA Societies Australia's National Diversity Committee, a body aiming ...

VFMC appoints former Franklin Templeton MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
Former managing director and chair of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia, Maria Wilton, is joining the board of Victorian Funds Management Corporation. VFMC chair James MacKenzie announced the appointment yesterday and said Wilton would deepen ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...