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Royal Commission revisits fees for no service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
Superannuation funds are coming clean about charging members advice fees in return for no services well before the financial services Royal Commission kicks into its latest round of public hearings. In the Royal Commission's fifth round, which kicked ...

Infocus grows executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
Two senior Australian Unity executives have joined the leadership team of Infocus Wealth Management. Australian Unity's head of investment research Jeff Mitchell has been appointed to the newly created role of chief investment officer at the dealer ...

Best-in-show list addresses insurance gaps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
Creating a best-in-show list of default superannuation funds shouldn't overlook specific needs of members, particularly when it comes to life insurance, according to Cbus. The industry super fund told the Productivity Commission yesterday that while ...

TAL veterans launch new life insurance provider

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
A group of former TAL executives have launched a new distributor of life insurance products backed by a global reinsurer. NEOS Life aims to distribute through the financial adviser market and offers life, total and permanent disability, critical illness ...

Future Fund reshuffles investment team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The Future Fund announced a raft of changes to its investment team as it looks to grow over the next decade. Head of property Barry Brakey is leaving the Future Fund after 10 years. He led the development of a quality property portfolio with exposures ...

Instos partner with Canadian government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
Several global institutional investors representing more than $7 trillion in assets have joined with the Canadian government to invest in gender equality and infrastructure in emerging and frontier markets. In partnership with the Canadian government ...

Tradies test predictive underwriting

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
ANZ Wealth's new artificial intelligence-powered underwriting capability has completed a successful test phase with a group of tradespeople. From next week plumbers, carpenters, electricians and builders aged between 20 and 40-years-old can access the ...

Fortnum lands investment veteran as chairman

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Fortnum Private Wealth appointed a former Merrill Lynch chief economist to chair its investment and insurance committee. Joining Fortnum is Nigel Douglas. He has headed research at several top financial institutions in a career spanning 30 years. Douglas's ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Isn't Australia part of the lucky group of countries (that include the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and South Korea) US President Donald Trump, in all his benevolence, graciously granted exemptions (albeit, temporarily) from his protectionist ...

Adviser builds new practice under Elders banner

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
A Melbourne-based financial adviser is building out her own practice, joining the Elders Financial Planning dealer group. Becoming the 24th practice to join Elders since 2016, Marlene Zwarts has moved from a Millennium 3 firm to build out her own business ...