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AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
A new appointment at the Association of Financial Advisers will help ready its membership for new professional requirements to be set by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. Linda Vogel joined the association as general counsel, professionalism. ...

Ausbil MicroCap suspends applications and redemptions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
Ausbil's star MicroCap Fund suspended all applications and redemptions following the departure of its portfolio managers. Tony Waters and Chris Prunty left the fund manager last week, citing lifestyle reasons. At the time Ausbil said the MicroCap Fund ...

Voting opens for MAX Awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
One hundred finalists across 20 categories will represent leading financial services marketing, advertising and sales professionals at the 2017 Financial Standard MAX Awards. As voted by Financial Standard's readership, the 2017 Marketing, Advertising ...

Pre-retirees robbing Peter to pay Paul: REST

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
Sandwiched between financial needs of adult children and elderly parents, pre-retirees (aged 50 plus) are in desperate need of financial advice or they risk retiring without adequate funds, warns REST Industry Super. In a new report the $40 billion ...

Sunsuper puts adviser trust front and centre

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
When it comes to offering advice and helping people achieve financial goals, trust is the game changer according to $40 billion super fund Sunsuper. At an exclusive adviser workshop in Brisbane, Sunsuper's head of advice and retail distribution Anne ...

Human rights considerations are good for investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Investors should consider human rights risks to be equally as important as political risks when making investment decisions. A new report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), in collaboration with professional services firm EY, says the ...

Christian Super CEO departs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Christian Super's longstanding chief executive announced his resignation after almost a decade with the fund. Peter Murphy, who joined the faith-based fund in 2007, said that despite his departure he would continue to love and support the fund and the ...

Cbus expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Cbus is reshaping the structure of its executive and senior leadership teams, recruiting for newly created group executive roles in response to growth across several business sectors. The $37 billion super fund is seeking two industry professionals ...

Wealth transfer poses advice business risk

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
While high-net-worth and ultra-high-net worth clients are attractive prospects for advice businesses, a lack of inheritance planning services could mean the end of those relationships throughout the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. ...

Oxford University assisting Aussie advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Australian financial advisers can now access a new risk profiling tool already adopted by advisers, investment firms and banks globally. Launched by Oxford University subsidiary Oxford Risk, the Oxford Risk Rating Online platform is designed by academics ...