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Rush of advisers sign up before FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... accounts increased 1% during the 12 months before December 2018 to reach $691 billion. However due to poor stock market performance, local and international platform funds under advice was down for the December 2018 quarter. BT Financial Group remains ...

Chief economist update: China is back on track

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... ratio for smaller banks. So much so that when the Chinese Politburo met and reviewed the economy's first quarter performance on Good Friday, it was good. Unlike in previous Politburo tete-a-tete, the latest statement no longer mentioned "stabilising ...

Tribeca fund cops another departure, downgraded

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... Liu, but on the risk the situation could become disorderly." The resignations come at a time when the fund's recent performance has been strained (down 11.2% relative to benchmark over one year), though the strategy is still front running the S&P/ASX ...

Australia's wealth takes half trillion hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... moved from $8.99 trillion to $8.60 trillion. Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said the poor performance of Australian equities in the final quarter of last year had a significant impact on the result. "The slowdown in the ASX ...

Macquarie expands US funds management

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... capabilities across multiple strategies. "We look forward to serving our new investors by delivering strong investment performance along with a broad and deep range of strategies across asset classes. We are delighted that Foresters has also selected ...

Australian fund caught in email scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... chief financial officer is a former chief operating officer of JP Morgan Chase Australia. The findings, released in a performance audit report on the fund conducted by the Auditor General, show the NAIF failed to implement a proper Protective Security ...

ASIC delays choice product dashboards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... "significant blow" for members in underperforming non-default funds who would remain in the dark about their fund's performance. "Currently, members of many underperforming choice super products have no way of knowing how their fund compares to industry ...

Financial adviser salaries revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... come under ASIC's radar," Kaizen said. The scorecard would involve the measuring of both financial and non-financial performance metrics. These metrics are likely to include compliance ratings, teamwork, new revenue, client satisfaction and client retention. ...

Transparency key to ESG advice success

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... awareness more Australians will consider the social and environmental impact of their investments alongside economic performance. Willis said: "Ethical and responsible investing presents advisers with a great opportunity to form deeper, more meaningful ...

Vanguard launches ETF, appoints new lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... a rules-based approach combining three factors will be used. Those factors are momentum (stocks with strong recent performance), quality (stocks with good balance sheets and probability) and value (stocks with low prices relative to fundamental measures ...