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Hamish Douglass takes leave of absence

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022
... a search is undertaken to appoint an additional non-executive director. Last week, Douglass attended a Morningstar conference where he took a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be ...

Online meetings to dominate in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2022
Financial advisers will continue to host virtual meetings with clients in 2022 but the majority are eager to meet them face to face, a new survey shows. The global survey of 400 US-based financial advisers found that video conferences are expected to ...

Citi adds to APAC leadership

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
Stella Choe has been named as the new head of Citi's Global Subsidiaries Group (GSG) for Asia Pacific. Choe will replace Munir Nanji, who has taken a new role as head of the Central Europe Cluster and Citi country officer for Czech Republic. Choe will ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... suggestion older financial advisers shouldn't have to complete a university degree. Last week at the AIOFP's annual conference, Labor announced it would dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... about Evergrande's - China's second biggest property developer - debt problems. Not even the Fed. In his press conference, chairman Jerome Powell intimated that: "In terms of the implications for us, there isn't, there's not a direct ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... their qualifications. Making the announcement at the recent Association of Independently Owned Financial Professional conference, Jones made it clear that he is not proposing to scrap the professional standards reforms. "We will still expect advisers ...

FPA overcharges members

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has admitted to overcharging members but declined to reveal exactly how much. The FPA blamed an administrative error that incorrectly charged a higher fee for a small number of members who upgraded their ...

APRA hones in on post-retirement products

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... at this point on whether the retirement product gap is really a problem that needs solving," she told the recent AFR conference. One problem, as backed by the Retirement Income Review, is that too many Australians die with the bulk of their wealth intact ...

Hume throws shade at trustee rainy day funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... to the Supreme Court to allow it to change its rules and create a pool that pays for future fines. Hume told an AFR conference that she is "closely watching" such funds. "And let's not kid ourselves as to what this really is; taking member's ...

Economic recap: Week to November 19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... depends on the wages outlook. A question that Luci Ellis, RBA Assistant Governor (Economics), tried to address at the ABE Conference in February 2019: "How much and how quickly will they [wages] pick up?" If you look closely, growth in total wages might ...