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More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... monitoring bodies in line with the new requirement for advisers to comply with a code of ethics by January 2020. Rounding out the top four, 1758 advisers identify as members of CPA Australia while 1230 declare an affiliation with the SMSF Association. ...

Chief economist update: Oil slick

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
The last time we talked about oil, prices were surging and reaching for the skies. Crude oil price started to take off roundabout April this year after OPEC announced that its production cuts - starting on the 1 January 2017 and supposed to last for ...

Cybercrime protection inadequate: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
More than half of Financial Standard readers are not confident they are adequately protected from cybercrime, the latest spot poll reveals. Fifty-four per cent of respondents said they are vulnerable to breaches, hackers and cyberattacks as they have ...

Asset manager shutters two funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... stocks. The latest fund update showed ANZ, NAB, Woodside, Westpac, Iluka Resources, Wesfarmers and Oil Search were among its top holdings. The fund was $17.52 million in size. It charged management fees of 1.99% per annum. It underperformed the benchmark ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... and management services followed closely with 34, while private education providers and personal services rounded out the top five. Falk also said Australians need to be alert to phishing scams, noting 20% of all data breaches in the quarter were attributable ...

Life insurers fear genetic testing changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... respondents said the proposed changes can result in selective underwriting. In addition to privacy and data security issues, top concerns include expectations that genetic testing will be made mandatory and result in distrust across the industry. When ...

Diversa executive joins managed accounts specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... roles, including head of trustee services at Diversa and senior positions within IOOF's trustee business. The move comes on top of MGP acquiring Aracon Superannuation, an existing registrable superannuation entity (RSE). MGP said the acquisition will ...

More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
On top of reporting statistics about its SMSF auditor action this week, ASIC has disqualified a further two auditors. John Gilliland and Douglas Coghlan, both from Queensland, have been disqualified for breaching independence requirements. ASIC found ...

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

Cybersecurity fit for a $16bn insurer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... cybersecurity from its traditional bottom-up approach, where organisations start by looking at smaller parts to identify threats to a top-down approach where awareness for the threats permeates right from the top. "This top down view of cycbersecurity ...