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Boutique shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
Premier Asset Management has wound up a 17-year-old retail fund with about $35 million in assets under management. The Premier Global Select Fund had about 90% of its assets invested in exchange traded funds (ETFs) while the remaining 10% were a mix ...

Chief economist update: disUnited Kingdom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2019
It's ironic that for a country known as the United Kingdom, there seems to be an absence of well, unity. The (dis)United Kingdom's Prime Minister Theresa May and her proposed Brexit deal lost big time in the House of Commons by a record 230 ...

AAT upholds AFSL rejection

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
ASIC's decision to reject Michael David Watson's Australian Financial Services (AFS) Licence (AFSL) was recently upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Watson had applied for an AFSL license to provide advice for self-managed superannuation ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
A retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But ...

VanEck drops fees on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
Australia's first China A-shares ETF has knocked 12bps off its annual management fees, after a decision taken by the board in the United States. The VanEck Vectors ChinaAMC CSI 300 ETF (ASX: CETF) will now charge 0.60% instead of the 0.72%. The ...

Best-in-show splits industry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
The best-in-show default superannuation fund shortlist the Productivity Commission wants to launch before June 2021 has divided industry opinion. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the Commission's ...

Specialist SMSF advisers need only apply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
The final report calls for additional requirements that financial advisers must comply with before they provide SMSF advice. The Productivity Commission is again calling for specialist training for those financial advisers wishing to advise on SMSFs ...

Advice groups sign on to HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
HUB24 has signed on two national advice businesses, as its total funds under management crossed the $10 billion mark. Brisbane-based licensee AdviceIQ Partners brings 31 registered planners to HUB24's platform. The licensee has added 10 planners ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Need a Royal Commission refresh? Here are the top stories you needed to know in 2018. Meller leaves AMP After a difficult appearance at the Royal Commission's hearings into financial advice, AMP's outgoing chief executive made a swift exit ...

Praemium renews Asgard contract

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
Praemium and Asgard Capital Management have extended their 11-year portfolio administration partnership for at least another three years. The current contract was due to expire in November 2019, however both businesses have agreed to extend the relationship ...