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Perpetual expands risk advisory capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Perpetual picked up a Melbourne-based specialist risk advisory business. Perpetual has acquired Priority Life, a specialist risk advisory business with a strong focus on medical practitioners, professionals and business owners, to strengthen its risk ...

Countdown to FPA Congress

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Heading along to the 2019 FPA Congress in Melbourne this week? Still unsure of what you're looking to get out of it? Congress chair Michelle Tate-Lovery is here to help. This year's Congress, taking place at the Melbourne Convention Centre from tomorrow ...

AIST finds issues with FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has written to FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield seeking clarification on how key points of the Code of Ethics will apply to intra-fund advice. Responding to the guidance on the code, AIST chief ...

IFM to spend $25bn on Aussie infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
IFM Investors will spend $25 billion on Australian infrastructure over the next decade, in what it says is expected to create 50,000 new jobs. The industry-fund-owned fund manager will invest in existing assets including electricity distributor Ausgrid ...

Tropical theme Ponzi scheme busted

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Small business owners and seniors in Florida have been the victim of a tropical themed Ponzi scheme that is now under investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC announced that it has filed an emergency action and obtained a ...

Chief economist update: Cloudy 2020 vision for OECD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
Scratch that and lower it to 2.9%. In its 'Interim Economic Outlook' report published on September 19, the OECD lowered its world economic growth forecast from 3.6% in 2018 to 2.9% (down from 3.2% forecast in May 2019) this year and 3.0% (down ...

Advisers serious about licensee due diligence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Financial advisers are now meeting with as many as 10 licensees before choosing a new home. This is according to HUB24 dealer group Paragem, which said advisers have doubled down on due diligence when it comes to selecting a new licensee, interviewing ...

Flaws in Grattan SG research: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Research published this morning by Jim Stanford from the Australia Institute says increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% will not stifle future wage growth, and calls out assumptions used in Grattan's research on the subject. Stanford reviewed ...

CBRE snaps up future Zurich headquarters

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
CBRE Global Investors has acquired the future headquarters of Zurich Australia for $350 million. The North Sydney building is still under construction and being developed by Zurich Insurance Group to house the headquarters of Zurich Financial Services ...

Governance experts join boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
Two well-known governance experts have joined MGD, a growing boutique financial services firm. Michael Drew has been appointed as chief investment officer and director and Adam Walk will join the firm as director, investment advisory. In their new roles ...