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BTIM chief retires, successor named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
The chief executive of BT Investment Management Australia is retiring and a former First State Super executive is taking over. BTIM Australia announced the retirement of Michael Bargholz, effective 30 July 2018, and former First State Super chief investment ...

Small advice firms face big data breach penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2018
Small financial advice practices that breach new cybersecurity laws coming into effect next month can face penalties of up to $1.8 million. The stark warning comes from the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman, which is urging small ...

New degrees introduced to minimise adviser exodus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2018
Financial advisers looking to pursue tertiary qualifications in preparation for incoming education and professionalism reforms may be able to do so via Swinburne Online from February 2018. The university will offer five new business and accounting degrees ...

Lead portfolio manager named for new international LIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
A former employee of Wilson Asset Management will lead its new listed investment company, WAM Global. Catriona Burns has been appointed lead portfolio manager of WAM's new global equities LIC, commencing mid-February and investing in undervalued international ...

O'Dwyer proposes compulsory unpaid super law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
The Federal Government is proposing all employers transition to the Single Touch Payroll (STP) system from 1 July 2019 under its superannuation guarantee reform package. What previously applied to employers with 20 employees or more is now being extended ...

Vertically integrated institutions failing to manage conflicts of interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
Financial advisers employed by Australia's five largest vertically integrated institutions failed to act in the best interests of clients 75% of the time, favouring their own products and leaving clients ''significantly worse off" in 10% of cases. These ...

Royal Commission begins in February

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry is calling for submissions ahead of its first hearing on Monday, 12 February 2018. The initial public hearing, which will see the Commissioner and Senior ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
One of Australia's first funds to specialise in crypto asset investments is now open to wholesale investors with its first investment planned for February 1. Apollo Capital is accepting minimum buy-ins of $50,000 and will invest in digital currencies ...

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
"Sentiment has continued to recover from the weakness seen in the September quarter last year, bolstered by a less threatening outlook for interest rates and improving confidence around the economy and jobs. While the mood is 'cautiously optimistic' ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
Echoing BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda's quick push back on taper speculations, Deutsche Bundesbank president and ECB governing council member Jens Weidmann used his speech at the Ludwig-Erhard Summit in Bavaria to do the same. Like Kuroda, Weidmann's ...