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Platform appoints TPB director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
A director of the Tax Practitioners Board has joined the board of a managed accounts provider and platform. Julie Berry will replace Peter Brook as a non-executive director at Xplore Wealth. She has been a director of the Tax Practitioners Board for ...

How it can all go wrong

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
In the most-talked about session on the FPA Congress program, former Queensland adviser James Cribb sat down with his lawyer Rhett Das to explain how he came to be banned and what he wishes he'd done differently. In July last year, Cribb was banned ...

Westpac faces 23 million breaches

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Westpac is facing 23 million alleged breaches of anti-money laundering laws and counter terrorism laws. AUSTRAC has applied to the Federal Court seeking civil penalty orders against Westpac relating to "systematic" non-compliance with the Anti Money ...

Value facing unprecedented rally: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Value stocks are headed towards an "unprecedented" boom, according to Schroders UK fund manager Simon Adler. Adler said part of the reason value stocks deserve more attention is because growth has been doing so well. "The last 10 years has been the ...

Life Company of the Year crowned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
Two major insurance providers have cleaned up at the Association of Financial Advisers' Life Company of the Year and Consumer Choice Awards. Taking home the coveted namesake award, TAL was named Life Company of the Year for the third consecutive year. ...

Platform hints at aggressive expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... project based" consultancy services to Xplore for a further six months Sharp's work will be focussed on a retail direct-HIN offer for independent financial advisers and a new foreign exchange capability for Xplore. September's results were the ...

ASIC puts trustees on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has warned superannuation trustees to improve the standard of communication to fund members about Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms, hinting it may take action against funds if necessary. ...

New board positions for J.P.Morgan, CBA executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
An industry association announced the appointment of a new chair and deputy chair on its board, bringing in C-suite executives from the Commonwealth Bank and J.P. Morgan. The Australian Financial Markets Association has appointed Robert Bedwell, chief ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
A joint venture between two superannuation funds with a combined $26 billion and 150,000 members has today taken off, with the chief executive hinting more funds could become involved. Equipsuper and Catholic Super's joint venture is officially ...

Chief economist update: Rate cuts coming, but not on race day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Unless a positive shock emerges over the next few months, expect the RBA to continue lowering interest rates and the Morrison government to increase fiscal spending (but only after it's achieved having the Budget surplus immortalised on paper). ...