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Warakirri expands investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The Melbourne-based boutique manager has added two consultants to its agriculture investment team. Warakirri Asset Management has appointed Peter Best as a senior investment specialist. He has more than three decades of experience in agriculture, working ...

Banks vow to end grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
The banking industry wants to dismantle the legislative framework that allows financial advisers to receive grandfathered commissions and end fees for no service across the industry, ABA chief Anna Bligh said in Sydney this morning. To this end, the ...

Platform providers crack S&P/ASX 300

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
Two platform providers have slid into the S&P/ASX 300 after the index provider executed a quarterly rebalance of its Australian indices at the close of reporting season. Praemium and HUB24 are now both in the S&P/ASX 300 which represents the largest ...

GROW Super co-founder sells advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
A privately-owned AFSL has acquired the financial advice business of a GROW Super co-founder. Profile Financial Services confirmed it has bought the client book of Churpa Wealth, the advice firm established by GROW Super co-founder Mathew Keeley in ...

ARCO takes a net short on Australian financials

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
ARCO fund manager George Colman says the absolute return fund has taken a "modest" net short position on Australian financials, as he sees regulatory developments compounding the spike in wholesale funding costs and credit cycle risks. Regional banks ...

Soaring funeral costs require adviser airtime

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2018
The soaring costs of funerals is an area financial advisers must factor into the estate planning process, particularly for those living in Sydney. Based on the experience of Australian Unity Trustees national manager of estate planning, Anna Hacker ...

Absolute returns core to building wealth: ARCO chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Investors aiming to build wealth should ignore market performance indices for at least a portion of their portfolio, according to ARCO chairman Bruce Loveday. "If you want to build wealth reliably over time, I would say that any alternative to having ...

New NAB product garners CEFC support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is making a cornerstone investment in a new responsible investment offering from NAB which targets fixed income investors. CEFC has invested $90 million in the new $200 million Low Carbon Shared Portfolio, which ...

Socio-emotional wealth key to keeping business in the family: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... alignment can cause the business to become distracted and start to lose its competitive edge, and the family starts to lose its love for the business," Pelligana said. KPMG's report also said family communication was central to socio-emotional wealth ...

Chief economist update: BOE fails market expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
The Fed is on track for another two more of its forward guided three interest rate hikes this year. This is the message from the just-released US CPI report for April. Despite the continued improvement in the US unemployment rate - down to 3.9% in April ...