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Morningstar research director returns from Chicago

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
A director at research and ratings house Morningstar has returned to a role in this region after a two-year stint with the company in Chicago. Chris Douglas is taking up the role of director of manager research ratings for the Asia-Pacific region. Reporting ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
Why Australia's banks passed on only half this week's rate cut Australia's banks are being heavily criticised for not passing on the full effect of this week's rate cut to consumers in lower mortgage rates. But with almost 60% of bank funding coming ...

Aligned advisers return to UK

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
UK pension, investments and insurance giant Aviva has hired a fresh team of face-to-face advisers three years after scrapping its 120-strong team. The move marks the return of aligned advice - the new advisers will be restricted to recommending only ...

Equip readies full robo advice roll-out

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Equip is piloting its robo-investment service, Equip MyMoney, with a select group of members, with release to all members planned by the end of the month. Equip MyMoney is the fund's custom-built superannuation version of Clover.com.au's automated investment ...

ASIC appoints markets disciplinary chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
ASIC has appointed the chair of its markets disciplinary panel. Serving a two-year term from August 1, Simon Gray is the former deputy chair of the panel. He is also the deputy chief executive of Shaw and Partners, a member of ASIC's market supervision ...

Brisbane practice joins Elders

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Elders Financial Planning has added a sixth practice to its network. YouFin, based in Brisbane and headed by Johnny Grohovaz, has joined the Elders network and will help enhance Elders' financial advice offering in Queensland. Elders Financial Planning ...

SMSF advisers face demanding year

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... ethical and conduct standards for its members, proactively ensuring that financial advisers were becoming a trusted profession.

Wilsons rebrand follows restructure

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
Investment advice, research and financial services provider, Wilson HTM has rebranded to Wilsons, effective immediately - the name change includes a redesigned brand, website and client portal. The rebrand follows the organisational restructure of Wilsons ...

Greater financial literacy key to improved adviser reputation

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
... the view that improved financial literacy would directly and positively impact the reputation of the financial advice profession. Almost half of respondents (49.8%) believe it is advisers who hold the responsibility to improve life insurance literacy ...

UniSuper develops personalised retirement benchmark

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
UniSuper has developed a custom retirement adequacy index to gain a better understanding of how members are tracking towards their retirement goals. While superannuation funds have traditionally relied on the ASFA retirement standard to benchmark how ...