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Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Lifespan Financial Planning has thrown its financial support behind the fight to retain grandfathered commissions. It has contributed $10,000 to the Adviser Regulatory Fund set up by the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to ...

Best and worst performing global shares funds revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... research were: Platinum Global Fund (10.07%), Platinum International Fund (10.06%), Acadian Wholesale Global Equity long/short (10.02%), Talaria Global Equity (9.49%), RealIndex Emerging Markets-Class A (9.10%), Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Financial Standard already said its piece several days before the European Central Bank's (ECB) September 12 meeting, concluding that: "Super Mario would want to go out with a bang (his last month in office) and do "whatever it takes" to mitigate ...

Vanguard hires PM Capital sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
Vanguard has dipped into PM Capital's distribution team to appoint its lead for Queensland, as the incumbent moves to steer sales for the newly-launched active funds. PM Capital sales director James Noone is taking responsibility for Vanguard's ...

More climate risk action needed: SSGA

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... managing the risk, it is not happening at the pace commensurate with the challenge; companies are responding tactically, in a short-term manner, to the longer-term, strategic challenge that is climate risk. On the other hand, strides were made in increasing ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... GDP, and $850 billion to global GDP, according to Reuters calculations." USD 200 billion? That's about US$10 billion short of New Zealand's entire economy. US$850 billion buys you Norway and Hong Kong plus loose change. The latest Fed research ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Investment professionals based in Melbourne should have no trouble finding job opportunities with industry superannuation funds over the next 12 months, according to recruitment experts. According to Kaizen Recruitment, the current job climate remains ...

BT faces fees for no service class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... a class action from Maurice Blackburn over allegations it breached responsible lending obligations. The case alleges BT short-changed its members in the BT Super for Life cash-only option by investing through Westpac Life and allowing it to earn substantial ...

Values trump value for retail investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... 'shareholder value' is in the modern era. "Australian investors are not looking for directors and management with a laser focus on short-term returns. They expect more of corporate leadership and will shift their investment elsewhere if they don't get ...

Vote in the FS Power50 now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
Voting is now open for the 2019 FS Power50, compiling the most influential financial advisers in Australia. This year, Financial Standard received more than 430 nominations for the FS Power50 and the voting process has now launched with 103 advisers ...