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Rush of advisers sign up before FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... analysis of ASIC data, an extra 4037 financial advisers registered as authorised representatives to meet FASEA's 31 December 2018 deadline. Eighty percent of the new licences went to non-institutional financial advisers, bringing the total number ...

Chief economist update: Lock in two RBA rate cuts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... consumer price index report showed headline inflation slowed to 1.3% in the year to the March quarter from 1.8% in the December 2018 quarter. This missed market expectations for an already sharp slowdown to 1.5%. A similar trend is evident in the core ...

Former NAB adviser charged

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... was charged with two offences of obtaining financial advantage by deception. It is alleged that between March 2016 and December 2016 Eung netted $166,500 from accounts held with MLC and Nulis Nominees despite the account holders not authorising the withdrawals. ...

Insurance expert joins $33bn super fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... Services in 1995, as a group risk consultant. He rose up the ranks to become head of group life consulting services in December 2008. His 30 years of experience in the life insurance sector includes working across various roles at Mercer, AXA Australia ...

Colonial First State makes major fee cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... wraps and master fund market with an almost 15% share, after BTFG and AMP, according to Strategic Insight. This is as at December 2018. This 15% market share held steady over last year. However, the new money entering the sector has been going to non-aligned ...

Chief economist update: China and the spring in its step

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
... each in the previous two months Retail sales increased by 8.7% in the year to March, accelerating from 8.2% recorded in December 2018, January and February 2019. The Caixin China PMI survey showed the manufacturing sector back in expansion in March after ...

Former Millennium3 adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... though with restrictions were applied in regards to securities advice and he was no longer able to provide SMSF advice. In December 2018, Forster moved to Beacon Financial Group. Again, he was not able to provide SMSF advice. ASIC said the banning of ...

Australia's wealth takes half trillion hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... Australian equities in the final quarter of last year had a significant impact on the result. "The slowdown in the ASX in the December quarter has had a major negative impact on household wealth, particularly on superannuation and directly held shares," ...

Group risk inflows slow at CommInsure, AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
CommInsure and AMP recorded significant declines in group risk premium inflows for the year ending December 2018, latest Strategic Insight data shows. CommInsure recorded the largest decline of 41.5% - almost halving its market share from 10.2% to 5.8% ...

Freedom to divest all operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... regulatory obligation and consider the best method to return excess funds to shareholders. The embattled firm announced in December 2018 that it will stop selling life insurance products and alerted shareholders of the likelihood it will face a liquidity ...