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YouTube fundie name erased from flagship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
The star UK fund manager who infamously took to YouTube to issue a heartfelt apology for his fund being suspended, has had his name erased from his flagship trust as investment responsibilities are transferred to another manager. The Woodford Patient ...

Cost savings, RC boost digital advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
One of the largest providers of SOAs has seen a significant rise in users, with the cost of super and pension investments dropping by up to 10 basis points on the back of digital advice. The Sargon Decimal annual Digital Insights report shows that between ...

Ord Minnett chief resigns

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
Ord Minnett has confirmed its chief executive has resigned from his role at the helm of the wealth management giant, after leading the firm for 10 years. Tim Gunning joined Ord Minnett in 2009 as chief executive and managing director and was responsible ...

Chief economist update: Three cheers for Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
"Christmas, Christmas time is near, Time for toys and time for cheer..." - Alvin & the Chipmunks I can almost hear those little chipmunk voices singing this Christmas song as I browsed through last week's news of good tidings... and they came in ...

Pendal family office lead moves to boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
Pendal's head of family offices has moved to Phil King's alternatives house Regal Funds Management as the latter restructures its distribution team. Rob Saunders has taken on the role of Regal's head of wholesale and family office, including ...

ASIC winds up alleged unregistered scheme

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
ASIC has taken steps to wind up an unregistered managed investment scheme. The regulator said it has filed an application seeking leave to apply for further orders in the Federal Court in Western Australia to wind up the alleged unregistered managed ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the ...

Chief economist update: Has the Fed conquered the yield curve?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2019
Mission accomplished! This appears to be the Fed's latest missive at the conclusion of its 10-11 December FOMC meeting - after three 25 bps cuts - in July, September and October - that took the fed funds rate from 2.5% to 1.75%. Fed chair Jerome ...

Pershing Securities breaches client money obligations

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
Pershing Securities Australia has been charged after breaching client money obligations. The clearing and settlement solutions provider was charged with two counts of failing to pay client money into an account and one count of failing to comply with ...

APRA slaps extra conditions on Avanteos

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
The prudential regulator has hit Colonial First State's Avanteos Investments with additional licence conditions for charging fees to thousands of dead superannuation members. The firm, which holds a Registrable Superannuation Entity license, charged ...