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Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert announced two major updates to the proposed Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs) initiative, one of which is giving superannuation trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert ...

AMP Capital combines markets business

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
AMP Capital has combined its listed equities, fixed income and multi-asset (MAG) capabilities into a new $140 billion public markets business, appointing interim heads. AMP Capital's global chief investment officer for fixed income Simon Warner will ...

ASIC and Austplan agree to mutual breakup

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Austplan will lose its Australian financial services licence in November following ASIC surveillance which found deficiencies in the establishment of self-managed superannuation funds and client referrals. ASIC will cancel Austplan's AFSL effective ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Magellan is close to listing an Australian equities strategy from its recent acquisition of Airlie Funds Management as part of a bid to bring more retail money to the former insto-only strategy. Exchange-traded units of the Airlie Australian Share Fund ...

Australian Unity adds new research lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Australian Unity appointed a new head of research services for its financial advice business. Having served as a senior portfolio manager within Australian Unity's investment team, Ian Holliday will step into the new role on 1 November. He replaces ...

Pension fund manager siphons $2m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
The interim head of pensions and investments at an international pension fund was convicted of fraud after he abused his position and stole close to $2 million in retirement savings. Former Westminster City Council pension fund manager Ian Woodall was ...

Chief economist update: When QE turns to QT

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
There's no shortage of rationales explaining the on-going heightened volatility on Wall Street. Throw a dart into a dartboard of reasons and you'll likely to hit a rational one - rising US bond yields, expectations of a more aggressive Fed ...

Board director departs life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
An ASX-listed financial services company will appoint a new board director, replacing the lone representative of a major shareholder. Satoshi Wakuya has notified ClearView of his intention to stand down from the board at the company's annual general ...

FPA appoints new chair, director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The Financial Planning Association has chosen a board member to chair its board. Marisa Broome will move into the role when current chair Neil Kendall's term concludes in November. She has worked in the financial services industry for over three decades ...

AFA remains steady ahead of FASEA reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers' executive directors have been reappointed unopposed, ensuring consistency of leadership and stability for the execution and implementation of education reforms. AFA national president Marc Bineham, vice president ...