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Godfrey Pembroke firm jumps ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
A second advice practice has left the MLC Wealth dealer group ahead of the merger with IOOF. Venture Financial Advisers has joined Count Financial as a member firm, following Ascent Private Wealth's transition to CountPlus from Godfrey Pembroke in November. ...

Australia bottoms out on fund disclosure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
Australia has been given the lowest grade by a research house for being the only mutual fund market in the world that does not have regulated portfolio holdings disclosure. Morningstar's biannual Global Investor Experience (GIE) report gave Australia ...

Key advice reforms tabled

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
New regulation that requires financial advisers to disclose conflicts of interest and stamp out fees-for-no service have been tabled in parliament. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response No. 2) Bill 2020 aims to strengthen many ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." Although already debunked as incorrect by Sinologists, this quotation attributed to John F. Kennedy regained ...

Count Financial targets growth with new hire

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group subsidiary has appointed a former NAB/MLC manager as its practice development and growth manager for Queensland. Stephen Carlton joins from NAB/MLC where he was business growth manager for Queensland and the ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
A slew of regulation recommended by the Hayne Royal Commission to tighten the reigns in the superannuation industry will come into force with the introduction of a new bill. Introduced in Parliament on November 12, the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The unconventional monetary policy measures launched by the Reserve Bank of Australia are not solely a result of the COVID-19 shock, Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy said. Speaking to Australian Business Economists for a post-budget briefing, Kennedy ...

EQT names chair, compliance member

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The responsible entity for some of Australia's largest funds has made changes to its compliance committee and appointed a new chair to its board. Equity Trustees has announced Glenn Sedgwick has joined the responsible entity compliance committee (RECC) ...

VFMC hires State Super investments chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
The chief investment officer of the $43 billion State Super has left the role for a new one at the Victoria Funds Management Corporation. Gary Gabriel joined the VFMC investment team on October 26 as its head of the portfolio management. He will lead ...

Jarden continues Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
Kiwi investment bank Jarden is continuing to grow its Australian team, with a new appointment from Goldman Sachs. Catherine McCormack will join Jarden Australia as managing director and head of natural resources and utilities. She was previously managing ...