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FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
The current climate is pushing the importance of asset allocation to the forefront of building robust portfolios, prompting investment experts to think outside the box of traditional assets. Karren Vergara writes. The importance of making the right ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
"Actions speak louder than words." That may be so but it appears that this generally accepted truism does not apply to the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The Japanese central bank has kept monetary on hold since it introduced quantitative and qualitative easing ...

Advice practices urged to contact ombudsman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling on small business financial advice practices to share their experiences. Carnell wants to hear from those small and family enterprises being pushed out by financial ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
Rainmaker analysis of ASIC Financial Adviser Register data has revealed hundreds of movements across advice dealer groups in just the last three months. From July to October end, Commonwealth Financial Planning lost over 100 advisers, going from 568 ...

ASIC using intimidation tactics on grandfathering: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
ASIC is using intimidation tactics to get product providers to shut down grandfathered commissions early, according to the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). Speaking to Financial Standard, AIOFP executive director Peter ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The legislation that will end grandfathered commissions has passed both houses of federal parliament. Under the reforms, the benefit of any conflicted remuneration payable under a contract must be passed on to the client. The Treasury Laws Amendment ...

Chief economist update: Brexit uncertainty is not all that bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
Hear ye, hear ye! Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II has spoken. "My Government's priority has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on October 31," she has said. Whether her majesty will later come to regret ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Lifespan Financial Planning has thrown its financial support behind the fight to retain grandfathered commissions. It has contributed $10,000 to the Adviser Regulatory Fund set up by the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 gave birth to "non-conventional monetary policy" - where many developed country central banks lowered interest rates to zero/negative and/or engaged in quantitative easing. While these prevented the "Great Recession" ...

Look to 2008 survivors: Ausbil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Ausbil Investment Management revealed it is looking to lessons from 2008 to find an edge in global markets as it prepares for the worst As uncertainty and volatility mounts, Ausbil Investment Management has highlighted global listed infrastructure and ...