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Adviser of the Year finalists named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
The finalists for the Association of Financial Advisers' most sought after honours, the Adviser of the Year Award, have been announced. This year's finalists are Simone Du Chesne of EQWealth, Joseph Hoe of Wealthwise, and Elliot Watson of Elliot ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... delivering consistent long-term returns rather than outperformance in any one year or our position in a survey," he says. Robert Brooks, deputy dean of education at Monash University, says members' risk preferences vary with several factors, including ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
How low can they go? Be afraid, be very afraid. A great number of investors are buying into the relative safety of long-term government bonds despite their dwindling yields, and in the case of the Japanese and Eurozone 10-year government bonds, negative ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... permanently banned a former financial adviser who stole more than $200,000 from client self-managed superannuation funds. Robert Michael of Bentleigh, Victoria has been permanently banned from providing financial advice after ASIC's investigation found ...

VGI Partners readies $1bn Asian fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... itself, and will cover the costs of the offer. VGI Partners was set up by former Caledonia Investments portfolio manager Robert Luciano in 2009. It listed on the ASX with the ticker VGI on June 21 at $10.51 a share. It was up almost 19% since listing ...

Former adviser cops 20-year prison sentence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... knowingly defrauded retirees of their life's savings - most of which she used for her own personal benefit," US Attorney Robert K. Hur said. "She's been held accountable for her lies and theft and will now spend years in federal prison." Her co-defendant ...

London Stock Exchange in talks to buy Refinitiv

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... more than 15% on Monday to close at 6562 pence. Under the transaction terms, the LSE would continue to be chaired by Don Robert and led by chief executive David Schwimmer, with David Warren as chief financial officer.

Boutique fund manager names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... as managing director and look forward to his ongoing contribution to the firm and our clients," Maple-Brown Abbott chair Robert Lee said. With the growth the business has experienced in recent years, Lee said it is an appropriate time to appoint a managing ...

AMP Advice executive joins AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
The head of corporate development at AMP Advice has taken on a new role with the Association of Financial Advisers. Robert Coulter will join the association as general manager, partnerships. AFA chief executive Philip Kewin said Coulter's extensive ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
IMF Bentham and William Roberts Lawyers will bring a class action against MLC's super fund trustee NULIS Nominees relating to excess fees charged to members for adviser commissions. IMF Bentham and William Roberts will allege NULIS breached its ...