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Advisers to foot $24m bill

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... levies on the financial advice sector. Of the $24m, 92% or $22m is expected to be recovered from personal advice providers on Tier 1 products, $0.9m (4%) from personal advice providers on Tier 2 products, $0.8m (3%) from general advice providers and ...

Profitable firms leverage from within: Macquarie

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... data from Macquarie. Macquarie's Accounting and Financial Services (AFS) Benchmarking Report, a survey of 355 small to mid-tier firms across Australia, focused on key trends among firms earning above average profits and how they approach their business. ...

Yale returns 3.4 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... endowment spending of 5.9%," noted a statement from YEF. The statement added that the YEF "longer-term results remain in the top tier of institutional investors... relative to the estimated 5.1% average return of college and university endowments, over ...

HLB Mann Judd appoints partner in Melbourne

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... of his experienced team. "We are particularly pleased that Eric chose to move to HLB Mann Judd above other possible second tier and mid-tier suitors due to our long-standing reputation as a firm offering outstanding service to private clients for the ...

DTCC to cut GTR fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) will reduce fees for its Global Trade Repository (GTR) service. The costs associated with using the service will drop by up to 20% for clients leveraging the solution for Monetary Authority of Singapore ...

Insurers face significant asset risk charges from downgrade

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
Life and general insurers face the risk of higher asset charges if a sovereign downgrade occurs, according to senior portfolio manager- fixed income at Nikko Asset Management, Darren Langer. In July Standard and Poor's Global Ratings (S&P) revised the ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... New Zealand Superannuation chief investment officer Matt Whineray said. "We're therefore very pleased to remain in the top tier of UNPRI signatories internationally. "We expect that the bar will continue to be raised and are continuing to embed responsible ...

Bentleys NSW takes the leap into financial planning

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2016
Mid-tier accounting, taxation and audit firm, Bentleys NSW, has launched a new financial advisory division, Bentleys Wealth Advisors. Led by newly appointed managing director of Bentleys Wealth Advisors, Matthew Cassidy, the division is focused on offering ...

Opportunities ahead for Chinese outlet malls

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... save less and spend more, and policy reforms such as the expansion of China's social welfare system. Shopping mall yields in tier-one Chinese cities have fallen as a result of market saturation over the last five years, however the report notes that ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... selection, multi-asset strategies, and alternatives. "The new asset classes I see are the way large asset managers or even mid-tier asset managers are looking to contend to offer a diversified portfolio for their customers and gain distribution," Ioannou ...