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ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
ING DIRECT is returning a total of $5 million to members of its superannuation fund, Living Super, and will no longer promote the product as having "no fee" after the financial services regulator raised concerns about how fees on its cash option were ...

CFS wins bid to host new SMA solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Colonial First State (CFS) has won the tender process to host a new Separately Managed Account (SMA) offer. Atrium Investment Management and CFS will team up to deliver Atrium's new SMA service via its wrap platform. CFS executive general manager Linda ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Rate hike on, rate hike off. Financial markets raised their bets for a September fed funds rate lift soon after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's two-day outing at Jackson Hole (25-26 August). Her words, "Indeed, in light of the continued solid ...

Future Fund ahead of target on tenth birthday

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
The Future Fund has celebrated its tenth anniversary by passing a significant funds under management milestone after achieving ahead of target performance numbers. At 30 June the flagship Future Fund reached $122.8 billion in funds under management ...

Mark Dunsford attacks FSC over life reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Financial Services Council chief executive Sally Loane has fired back at Life Insurance Customer Group member Mark Dunsford who claims the reforms contained in the Life Insurance Framework are designed purely to benefit life companies and banks. In ...

Frontier appoints associate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Asset consultant Frontier Advisors has hired a new associate, marking the tenth consulting team appointment in the past year and expanding the firm's staff to 54. Joining Frontier from 26 September is Madeline Chelper. She will be involved across a ...

Vocus founder partners to launch new fund manager

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
The founder and former chief executive of listed business telco provider Vocus Communications has launched an asset management firm. James Spenceley formed Vocus in 2008; in September last year, it merged with M2 Group to become a major $3 billion player ...

ASIC bans former Macquarie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
ASIC has banned two former Macquarie advisers from providing financial services. Anthony Jason Sourris and Sarah Kate Gardner have been banned for two and a half years and one year respectively after ASIC found they were both involved in, and lied to ...

ASIC accepts EU from My Adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
ASIC has accepted the enforceable undertaking (EU) of My Adviser after an investigation found one of its representatives had provided poor and unauthorised advice on a number of instances. The investigation, which commenced in January 2016, looked at ...

AMP appoints two directors

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
AMP has appointed two new non-executive directors. Michael Wilkins is the former managing director and chief executive of IAG; he was also managing director of Promina Group and Tyndall Australia and has been a non-executive director of Maple-Brown ...