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New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
A law firm has approached the Treasury with concerns the reforms made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority after the Royal Commission are flawed and need urgent amendment. In February, the Federal Government expanded AFCA's remit to give ...

Fund manager exits global debt, chief resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Supervised Investments' chief executive Michael Ohlsson has resigned following a decision by the fund manager to pull out of global debt markets. In a statement to Financial Standard, Ohlsson said Supervised Investments Australia Limited (SIAL) has ...

Blue Sky dissolves chief executive role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Blue Sky is bidding farewell to its chief executive, after a strategic assessment determined the role "is no longer required". Joel Cann left the organisation effective Friday, less than two months after he joined the company. Cann joined from property ...

Chief economist update: BOE going the wrong way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Mexico (and the world) is breathing a sigh of relief after Trump's tweet "indefinitely" suspending his tariff threat against America's southern neighbour. But POTUS being Trump, he's exploited this "win" to issue fresh tariff threats versus ...

Magellan changes board responsibilities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
Magellan Financial Group has made changes to board responsibilities, including a new deputy chair for the company. Hamish McLennan has been appointed as deputy chair of Magellan Financial Group, second to Hamish Douglass who is chair of the ASX-listed ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
The Actuaries Institute's annual summit has seen a fiery debate between the chief executive of the Grattan Institute and Mercer's David Knox over ideal retirement incomes. Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley and Mercer senior partner ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... the fall and fall in property prices. Not to mention the Labor Party's defeat at the May elections and its proposal to limit negative gearing and halve the capital gains discount from 50% to 25%... and ScoMo's promised personal income tax largesse. ...

Former Gold Coast adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
ASIC banned a former authorised representative of the now-defunct Austplan after clients were found to have been placed in a vulnerable financial position as a result of his advice. Gold Coast financial adviser Daniel Renneberg is banned from providing ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A consortium of global infrastructure heavyweights including Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments will build a £1 billion tunnel under the River Thames. The RiverLinx consortium has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design ...

Advisers wary of unlisted assets: Sunsuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
Many financial advisers believe unlisted assets lack transparency and are illiquid, growth investments. At the Sunsuper Adviser Roadshow in Sydney yesterday, an audience of advisers was informally polled on their thoughts about alternative, unlisted ...