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Practifi continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
Practifi entered a strategic partnership with a Sydney-based regtech to help financial advisers ensure their Statements of Advice are compliant. Advisers using the Practifi platform will now have access to TIQK, a regtech solution that combines compliance ...

Macquarie to front Royal Commission

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Adelaide Bank Commonwealth Bank of Australia Macquarie Group NAB Westpac The seventh round of public hearings will be held in Sydney at the Lionel Bowen Building, 97-99 Goulburn Street, from Monday, November 19 to Friday, November 23, and in Melbourne ...

Asset manager shutters two funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Australian Share Wholesale Fund. The fund manager told investors it stopped receiving applications for units after 2pm (Sydney time) on 20 September 2018. As responsible entity for the two funds, Nikko Asset Management Australia said in a statement it ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... currently chair of Swiss Re Life and Health Australia; chancellor of University of Wollongong; and a director at Woolworths, Sydney Dance Company and National Portrait Gallery of Australia. She worked as an economic strategist and later as a board director ...

Former UBS multi-asset expert joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
UBS Asset Management's former head of investment strategy has joined a financial advisory firm based in Sydney. Fixed income and multi-asset specialist Tracey McNaughton joined Wilsons Advisory this month as head of global macro strategy. For the last ...

AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... stocks in its default option, as it moves from a growth outlook to a more neutral one. Speaking at a members' forum in Sydney last night, AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said the end of the economic cycle was "inevitable", classifying ...

Former Macquarie Capital head launches fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Sydney asset manager led by former Macquarie Capital head of principal investments has kicked off a $500 million raise for its first fund. Federation Asset Management will invest in private equity including renewable energy and real estate focused ...

Treasury delays CIPR timetable

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... trustees more time to get retirement income strategies in order. Robert told a Financial Services Council (FSC) event in Sydney this morning that following the first phase of retirement income framework consultation, the $50,000-and-over super asset ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... superannuation system, suggesting it be overhauled. Mercer Australia chief executive Ben Walsh told an industry breakfast in Sydney this morning that the trend to part-time and flexible work arrangements (i.e. the gig economy) is great for individuals ...

Industry fund, IRESS begin automated advice journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... advice process. WA Super has about 60,000 members. Hall said the digital advice tool had been tested with consumers in Sydney's Martin Place about three times over the past 18 months.