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Bendigo sells estates business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank sold the trust and estates business of its subsidiary, Sandhurst Trustees, for $5 million. As per media speculation, Equity Trustees has purchased the business, which comprises roughly 141 perpetual and ongoing trusts, representing ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

Centrepoint driving adviser efficiencies

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
Centrepoint will launch a range of back office solutions to its advisers in the New Year. The package will include para-planning, para-lending, life insurance health screening and varied administrative support options, including outsourcing particular ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui ...

Non-aligned advisers gifted growth opportunity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
Opportunities for non-aligned financial advisers to provide quality advice are growing as the industry's historically bad behaviour continues to repeat itself. That is the view of the 2016 AFA Practice of the Year Award winner Sam Henderson. Speaking ...

QIC renews custody mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
Northern Trust will serve as custodian for QIC's Australian business for another seven year term. The re-appointment comes five years since Northern Trust began providing asset services for the fund manager in November 2011. The firm also acts as global ...

Ord Minnett manager launches adviser social startup

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
A former NSW executive state manager at Ord Minnett has launched a startup that provides social media strategy for financial advisers. Tom Loneragan, founder and director of Latch Consulting Group, explained to Financial Standard that while many advisers ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
"This is the moment; this is the day When I send all my doubts and demons on their way. Every endeavor I have made ever Is coming into play, is here and now today." -Donny Osmond, 'This is the moment" Well, Wednesday (14 December 2016), to be precise ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016
Australia trade balance It makes a nice sequel to the horror 0.5% contraction in Australia's third quarter GDP growth, a widening of the country's trade deficit, that is. Australia's trade deficit rose by 21.3% to A$1.54 billion in October from A$1.27 ...

Super funds must do better digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
Superannuation funds need to do more digitally in order to attract and retain members, according to Decimal chief executive Nic Pollock. Pollock said the key challenge in the industry at present is the issue of member retention; with an increasing number ...