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Kerr Neilson steps down as Platinum chief

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Platinum co-founder and chief executive Kerr Neilson will hand over the reins to his successor on July 1. Neilson will remain a member of the Platinum investment team and an executive director on the board. In a letter to Platinum shareholders, Neilson ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
Raised volatility on Wall Street, North Korea, American protectionism, stagnant wages growth and high household debt levels, rising electricity prices and still elevated property prices - and more recently, Barnaby Joyce - these are a few of (not my ...

Perpetual investments drives profit boost despite market conditions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
Perpetual saw a 3% boost in statutory net profit after tax in the six months to 31 December 2017 - up to $68.1 million - largely driven by its investments business. Perpetual Investments delivered a before-tax profit of $58.1 million, which was slightly ...

Tax adviser registrations swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The total number of registered tax (financial) advisers has returned to 19,000, despite 6000 failing to renew their registration by the end of 2015. According to the Tax Practitioners Board, about 13,000 of the 19,000 registered tax (financial) advisers ...

Bell FG flags US expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
ASX-listed Bell Financial Group announced a strong full-year performance and flagged it is close to opening a US office. The stockbroking, investment and financial advisory firm's funds under advice, comprising cash, fixed income, superannuation, margin ...

DomaCom increases financial planner exposure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
DomaCom has entered an integration agreement with the most widely used financial planning software in Australia. Under a new partnership, users of IRESS' XPLAN can now include DomaCom sub-fund investments in client portfolio reports. Properties are ...

ATO to advance early release of super: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
Draft legislation that allows the ATO to facilitate the early release of superannuation is open for consultation. Treasury has released the exposure draft overnight that aims to expedite the early release of super funds and "improve the integrity of ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
It's certainly welcomed but nothing to write home about. I speak about the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report that revealed growth in total wages accelerated to 2.1% in the December quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. ...

Vertically aligned institutions pay $21.4m compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
ASIC said clients of the big four banks and AMP who received non-compliant financial advice will be compensated a further $21.4 million. This adds to the $30 million compensation bill ASIC announced in March 2017 after it investigated how large institutions ...

Chief economist update: Wagering on wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
Australians, all, will find out if overall wages in the domestic economy has run faster, slower or continue to mark time when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its Wage Price Index report for the December 2017 quarter today. Consensus ...