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International broker enters Aussie market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2018
Japanese online broking platform Monex officially enters the Australian market today with intentions to target the self-managed superannuation fund and financial adviser markets. Monex flagged its intention to operate in Australia in August last year. ...

Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
ARK Invest chief executive Catherine Wood holds the view that every stock in the firm's disruptive innovation portfolio is an early-stage growth stock, and this includes Amazon - a firm approaching US$600 billion market capitalisation. "The way we know ...

Magellan research head departs following restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
Magellan's head of research, Nikki Thomas, has left the company after 10 years following a restructure of the investment team. Thomas was promoted to the head of research role in 2014, having been a portfolio manager since 2011. She joined Magellan ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... is in the detail for super funds The opposition and the Greens both came out against the legislation, with Labor senator Doug Cameron arguing the scheme will do nothing to address housing affordability. "Instead, it will undermine Australia's world-class ...

Fund managers should have personal stake: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2017
Fund managers should 'put their money where their mouth is' and have a personal stake in the funds they manage, Financial Standard's weekly poll results show. About 80% of respondents either agree or strongly believe this statement, indicating portfolio ...

Sporting arena ripe for new advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
Professional athletes represent a significant business opportunity for financial advice practices, with wealth managers standing to benefit from understanding their unique financial planning needs. According to GlobalData, financial advisers will do ...

Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Financial advisers are divided when it comes to combining human advice with robo solutions. About 43% of advisers want to embed digital or robo solutions together with face-to-face advice, while an equal number completely shun this idea. Only 13% of ...

Magellan soars past $1.5bn for massive IPO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
Magellan's new listed investment trust (LIT) has raised $1.55 billion ahead of listing on the ASX next week - representing one of the largest IPOs for a listed investment vehicle. The Magellan Global Trust represents the next phase of Magellan's ongoing ...

Former TCorp executives join FIIG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
A former long-standing chief executive and a past chief financial officer of TCorp have joined the board of FIIG Securities. The fixed income expert has appointed two new non-executive directors in Stephen Knight and Christine Feldmanis. Knight, who ...

FSC takes aim at complacency in super

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
The Financial Services Council has partnered with a superannuation consultancy to take aim at what it perceives as a complacent super industry. In a report developed alongside Trustee Tailored Super (TTS), the FSC makes an argument that while the world ...