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2021 FPA Award winners revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) yesterday announced the winners of the 2021 FPA Awards. Now in its ninth year, the FPA Awards recognises exceptional financial planners, paraplanners, university students and advice practices from ...

E&P Financial Group director steps down

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
E&P Financial Group bid farewell to an independent non-executive director and appointed its chief executive as managing director. Kevin McCann joined the board in 2020 and was lead independent director, chair of the people, nomination and remuneration ...

BT Practice Principals' Community goes independent

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Former BT executive Kon Costas has spun out the institution's self-licensee offering, launching his own business. Now known as the Principals' Community, Costas has formed it as an independent and dedicated self-licensed offer with the objective ...

Multi-boutique appoints head of private wealth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
Warakirri Asset Management hired from UBS for the newly created role of head of private wealth. Ben Williams was head of wholesale client coverage at the Swiss bank for over four years. He was previously national manager, retail at Lazard Asset Management ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure a failure: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
New analysis from Morningstar suggests Australia has "blown its opportunity" to improve portfolio holdings disclosures. "As an otherwise sophisticated market, it is remarkable that Australia has consistently ranked bottom of all major global markets ...

BetaShares introduces suite of ethical SMAs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
BetaShares has become the first ETF manager to launch ethical SMAs for financial advisers, with four new products on offer. This represents a milestone for BetaShares, becoming the first Australian ETF manager to successfully bring an ethical direct ...

The challenge of retirement income

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
The industry is often presented with the age-old question of how retirees can maintain access to savings and invest to receive regular and predictable income that keeps pace with inflation and without eroding capital. Magellan Asset Management head ...

APRA finalises framework for insurance in super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
APRA has finalised its revisions to guidance on insurance in superannuation, which was made in response to findings from the Royal Commission. APRA conducted extensive industry consultation on this matter over two years. Now, the completion of this ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

The search for income outside defensive assets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
The eighth wonder of the world, compound interest, has been diminished and retirees must look elsewhere in their search for yield. Speaking at the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income, Fidelity International cross asset investment ...