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Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... advisers entering the industry. It also comes as a result of implementing some of Hayne's key recommendations, the decision by major institutions to leave the advice space and greater scrutiny from ASIC. Touching on the issue of grandfathered commissions ...

Corrupt adviser banned, AFSL canned

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ASIC has banned a Queensland-based financial adviser from providing financial services for seven years and cancelled the AFS licence of his business. The corporate regulator found that Timothy Shapter had not provided advice in his client's best interests ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months, Todd said the figures might surprise investors. "Fund manager performance is as ...

Dealer group restructures leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
A major independent advice dealer group has announced a restructure that will see its long-serving executive director hand over the reins. Don Trapnell will be stepping back from day-to-day involvement in Synchron. He has dedicated more than five decades ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... Argo said. "This has resulted in a change in the composition of Argo's top 10 portfolio holdings by market value, with the major banks slipping down the order and being overtaken by Macquarie Group and CSL, which have again surged in value to become ...

Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Latest research shows retail super funds hit back in 2019, outperforming industry super funds across the year as impact of a tough final quarter in 2018 begins to fade. New analysis from Rainmaker published by SelectingSuper shows retail super funds ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... and economic policy can be addressed." "Retirees are a large group with significant inaccessible wealth in home equity and major unmet needs in consumption for wellbeing." "By unlocking home equity to improve retirement funding, we can enhance both the ...

Overhaul bites Deutsche Bank bottom line

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... hitting €25.1 billion, while in the fourth quarter, non-interest expenses were €6.4 billion. Costs were reduced across all major categories except for IT expenses, which the bank argued, was all part of its transformation strategy. "Deutsche Bank's ...

Chief economist update: It's a holiday for the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
"Gone Fishing!" Given "current" market expectations, this would be an appropriate sign on the Fed's door. As expected, the US central bank kept monetary policy settings unchanged at the conclusion of its January FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided ...

Industry fund dumps Link

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... innovations, which he said ensures the funds it administers are managed with market leading solutions and services. "As a major superannuation provider in Australia and a leading retirement and investment consultant internationally, we have local expertise ...