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FPA announces CFP award winner

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... Gwen's legacy of helping people first and foremost, reflected in her constant efforts to improve the financial planning profession."

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
Queensland property group W.A Stockwell has closed its $35 million bond issue oversubscribed following a strong response from self-managed super fund (SMSF) trustees and other sophisticated investors. The six-year senior secured amortising note issue ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
ASIC's "facilitative approach" to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) opt-in and fee disclosure statement requirements ends today, but forward-thinking practices have nothing to worry about. The deadline was originally June 30, 2014, but it was extended ...

A sobering lesson from a social move gone wrong

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
The sacking of a financial adviser after he posted anti-Semitic comments on Twitter shows how social media can make or break an adviser's reputation - and career. Verante Financial Planning director Liam Shorte and his employees follow a strict social ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
BMO Global Asset Management has been appointed to support three New Zealand pension funds managing more than $53.2 billion with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. BMO will provide responsible investment engagement services for New Zealand ...

NAB Wealth appoints Apogee GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
The new general manager of Apogee Financial Planning will be Brendan Johnson, NAB Wealth confirmed today. Johnson brings 17 years of experience across financial planning, practice management and compliance fields. Since joining MLC in 2002, Johnson ...

China local bonds to shake up EM credit

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
The emergence of Chinese local government bonds will change the shape of emerging markets' credit landscape, BlackRock head of Asian Credit Neeraj Seth said. "We are still in the early stages in terms of development of the local government bonds," Seth ...

Alternative income sources could benefit retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Imputation bonds or insurance bonds could be a good alternative to annuities or account based pensions in a context of low rates and new rules for aged care means-testing. Imputation bonds can provide an annuity-like payment stream with greater flexibility ...

Risk reforms ignore key adviser concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Risk advisers expressed concern that the industry-led risk reforms package ignores the problem of vertical integration and client-driven policy churn. Synchron director Don Trapnell told Financial Standard that the reform improved on the initial Trowbridge ...

Australia's largest unrated bond issue closes at $85m

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
Australia's largest unrated bond issue by rail freight operator SCT Logistics has closed its $85 million offer oversubscribed. FIIG Securities acted as sole originator for the dual-tenor issue, which comprised a four-year floating rate note series of ...