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Optimum Pensions appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
Optimum Pensions, a new entrant to the retirement income segment has tapped top industry talent to run its white label offering. Peter Rowe is moving into the newly-created role of general manager. He was initially hired as manager, business development. ...

Powerwrap adds top industry names

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
A reinvigorated Powerwrap is bolstering its leadership team with the addition of former Netwealth, HUB24 and Morgan Stanley executives. Former Netwealth chief operating and financial officer Bruce MacDougall has joined Powerwrap as its new chief financial ...

Pre-retirees confident about nest egg: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... earners. The rising cost of living, global macroeconomic issues and increased government regulation or external factors are top of mind for 55% of people who have difficulty preparing for retirement comfortably. The RCI noted only 37% of the population ...

2018 FICAP 'Who Wants to be a Rockstar' raises over $300k

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... offers best practice youth mentoring programs and Mirabel, which helps orphaned or abandoned children. Hadja not only won the top award but also bagged a second: the Perpetual Male Artist Award for his rendition of Gavin de Graw's hit "I don't want to ...

ASIC closes doors on Storm charges with two fines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
... to engage with our advisers." He continued: "In the context of whether these $70,000 fines are adequate or not, or over the top, or unfair in circumstances where nobody else has been prosecuted - well, Justice Edelman conceded that there was no criminality. ...

Top stocks shine in the long term: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Despite the market volatility and challenges 2018 has thrown at advisers, this is a good time to cut through the short-term noise and reflect on opportunities that'll pay off in the long run, according leading fund managers. Lazard Asset Management ...

ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
Absolute returns, value and global diversification are key thematics that must underscore clients' portfolios in a post-GFC world, according to investment experts speaking at this year's Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out. Held at the Four Seasons ...

Top industry fund bets on DNA sequencing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Hostplus has joined global investment giants backing a UK-based DNA sequencer, placing $27.5 million in the technology company behind the product. Oxford Nanopore Technologies says it makes the world's only handheld DNA/RNA sequencing devices. Other ...

SMSFs continue to break with tradition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
Investment in Australia's top 20 stocks by the self-managed superannuation sector is growing as lower returns see investors turning their back on traditional SMSF portfolio darlings. According to the latest CommSec SMSF Trading Trends Report, SMSFs ...

FASEA releases draft degree equivalence, Code of Ethics

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its proposed degree equivalence guidelines for existing advisers, as well as its draft Code of Ethics. Under the proposed requirements, existing financial advisers with a bachelor's degree ...