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Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority Code of Ethics which came into effect from the start of the year has left many unclear on what kind of referrals are allowed. Amid news at the start of the year that Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
It could have been because it happened at the same time that the coronavirus was making the headlines, or because financial markets widely expected it, or a bit of both, but the European Central Bank's (ECB) first Governing Council meeting for 2020 ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
With the death toll surpassing 132 and a further 6000 people suspected of being infected, the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus has left markets tumbling as fears of an epidemic are stoked by news of the virus spreading around the world. It's caused ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney has slammed ASIC for a fact sheet published and distributed to SMSF trustees last year. During a speech at a Pritchitt Partners event in Sydney, the SMSFA chief also took aim at FASEA and the ATO. Maroney ...

More staff embroiled in Macquarie investigation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
German authorities have expanded their investigation into a 2011 lending transaction, doubling the number of Macquarie staff considered suspects since late 2018. In an update to the ASX on Thursday evening, Macquarie said it was cooperating with an ...

Statewide dumps executives

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Statewide Super has terminated the employment of its chief financial officer and chief risk officer for breaching internal controls. According to Statewide Super's website, chief risk officer Kieran Netting and chief financial and operating officer ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
New technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are set to radically transform and disrupt markets and economies. That's according to the latest research from KPMG and the Australian National ...

The growing risk to financial advisers

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
Financial advisers must act to repair the trust deficit or risk being superseded by superannuation funds. That's according to advisory and accounting firm HLB Mann Judd's Michael Hutton, who warned of the threat the changes could have to financial ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
"Gong xi fa cai"! China celebrates its lunar new year on January 25 this year, bidding farewell to the "pig" and welcoming the 'Year of the Rat'. Beijing has every reason to be optimistic. Derogatory as it may seem to be called "a rat", this ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...