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MFS executives create advisory council

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
MFS Investment Management has pooled five of its top executives and a retired portfolio manager to form an advisory council that will consult and collaborate with the firm's investment team. The MFS Investment Advisory Council (IAC) will counsel current ...

Glaucus defends Blue Sky allegations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
Hedge fund Glaucus Research Group issued a rebuttal to Blue Sky's claim that the former's initial justification for short-selling was "materially misleading." Glaucus originally said Blue Sky "compensates for its overstated AUM by charging clients egregious ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has slammed the Grattan Institute's key proposals to close the persistent gender gap in superannuation. Grattan Institute fellow Brendan Coates authored a white-paper that said superannuation ...

Fintechs save time: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2018
Organisations that have partnered with fintechs are reaping process efficiencies, but quite a number are still sceptical of their merits, Financial Standard 's latest spot poll shows. Almost half (46%) of respondents have seen a dramatic improvement ...

General advice "misleading": Productivity Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
The Productivity Commission is calling for the existing notion of general advice to be scrapped. In its draft report into competition in the Australian financial system, the Productivity Commission argues the use of the term 'advice' should be limited ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to taper?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... written promise of ¥80 trillion - the sharp improvement in Japan's economic fundamentals over the past few months give more merit to this renewed bout of taper thoughts. After many months of expressing its optimism on the country's outlook on growth ...

Synchron adds to adviser network

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... in the 12 months to June, with institutionally-owned practices capturing 64% of the market. Synchron, Dover, GPS Wealth, Merit and Interprac are the five largest non-institutional advice groups with 1562 advisers, up 39% year-on-year. Non-institutionally ...

Social media boosting super fund engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... tool to inform funds' digital strategy and, while robo-advice solutions are being explored, funds remain unconvinced of its merit when compared to traditional, face-to-face advice. As such, 94% of funds are looking to provide more tools to financial ...

NAB advice GM departs in wealth restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
NAB's executive general manager of wealth advice has departed in the midst of a restructure of the wealth business. Greg Miller took on the lead role in 2015. Prior to that, he was general manager of MLC Direct and MLC Advice Solutions. He has also ...

The next generation of bancassurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... best interests with a limited product line from only one manufacturer is very difficult", Mota said. "However, there is merit in banks being able to offer their clients a broader array of products and services that help them reach their goals. It allows ...