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Former Platinum deputy CIO sets up new boutique

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Former Platinum deputy chief investment officer Jacob Mitchell has launched a new high conviction global equity boutique called Antipodes Global Investment Partners, three months after resigning from star manager Kerr Neilson's firm. Mitchell and his ...

Embrace client interests or wither on the vine, advisers told

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
Financial advice professionals must embrace regulatory and legislative changes aimed at improving outcomes for consumers, irrespective of the impact these changes have on their businesses bottom lines. That's according to Quantum Financial Services ...

Santa's bargains

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2014
"Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, Right down Santa Claus lane..." "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." (The New York Sun, 21 Sep 1897). It's hard to believe too given the depressing headlines about oil's slide (and more to follow) ...

FS Advice: Medcraft's appalling speech

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
Check out the latest edition of the FS Advice newsletter here Last week, ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's outburst about financial planning got everyone talking. He used the words "absolutely appalling" when referring to the fact that Australian consumers ...

Murray's FSI: consumers win round one

ALEX DUNNIN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
Everything is political and especially so with the super-charged high stakes poker game on display in the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) where the battle lines were quickly drawn between financial product providers versus consumers. And after listening ...

Super squabble beyond the joke: Taxpayers Australia

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The infighting between bodies representing the retail and industry sides of superannuation is detrimental to members' interests, according to Taxpayers Australia. The not-for-profit advocacy group said the battle "would be amusing if the consequences ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
Financial System Inquiry (FSI) chairman David Murray spoke at the National Press Club following the release of the FSI interim report. "Thank you to the National Press Club for the interest you have shown in today's release of the interim report of ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said there will be no change to the age pension in this term of parliament, putting an end to speculation that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute ...

Bailey to stay in fin services after Fidelity resignation

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014
Former Fidelity International in Australia (Fidelity) head of institutional business Gary Bailey will remain in the financial services industry, despite resigning from the investment manager earlier this year. Bailey who spent five years at Fidelity ...