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Advice group inks deal with $7bn super fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
An advice association has finalised a referral arrangement with a $7.6 billion super fund. Under the new arrangement, Tasplan will provide qualified advice referrals for members in mainland Australia via the Association of Independently Owned Financial ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
Morningstar is working with a global financial services industry body to better prepare financial advisers for incorporating sustainable investing into advice practices. Collaborating with the US-based Money Management Institute, the program focuses ...

Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
An Australian-first suburban village designed to recreate real life experiences for those living with dementia has been given a $19 million kick-start by an industry superannuation fund. The investment was made through HESTA's $30 million Social Impact ...

Crowe Horwath acquires Grafton accountancy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
Crowe Horwath added a Grafton-based accounting practice to its network, in what the firm described as a major step in its expansion strategy. Family-owned business R.G. Turns Accounting and Taxation has operated in Grafton for more than 25 years, and ...

Last chance: Financial Standard ETF Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
The Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Exchange Traded Funds is a fortnight away and there's limited space left for financial advisers and other industry professionals. Following a successful inaugural event in Sydney last year, the 2017 Best ...

AFA collaborating for education framework rethink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... advice and complementary to the Professional Standards legislation. "This is an important inflection point for our profession. It needs the voice of advisers to help shape the profession we want to become," AFA general manager, member services, partnerships ...

Countplus launches scholarship

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
ASX-listed financial planning dealer group Countplus launched an annual scholarship program for its senior leaders. Recipients of the Barry Lambert Harvard Business School Scholarship will undertake the 'Leading professional service firms' executive ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
A growing acceptance of responsible investment by millennials, women, affluent investors and institutional investors is moving the approach from being considered niche and product-specific to one which has broader appeal among global institutional and ...

Advisers backing fractional property investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
A financial adviser dealer group has embraced the fractional investment opportunities presented by DomaCom after clients successfully purchased two properties in Victoria and Queensland via HUB24. A crowdfunding campaign by GPS Wealth clients saw DomaCom ...

Cbus slashes insurance premiums

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
Industry super fund Cbus has signed a new insurance deal with TAL that will see premiums decrease substantially. Premiums per unit of death and TPD cover for most members will go down by 25%, while for 15 to 44-year-old manual labour members; cover ...