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Chief economist update: When good oil goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Let me take you down (no, I'm not going to Strawberry Fields) back to early 2016, when the US and the European Union decided to lift financial and oil sanctions on Iran. Almost immediately Tehran announced it's bringing back production to 3 million ...

Former industry fund CEO moves to AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
The former chief executive of an $11 billion industry superannuation fund recently joined AMP in a role that will focus on new and existing group insurance clients. Former Local Government Super chief executive Peter Lambert moved to AMP in April. He ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 6- 9)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
In a workweek cut short by a public holiday, the Royal Commission heard evidence which included an AMP adviser identified only as Mr E, whose clients haven't even been informed of his misconduct yet. It also included a high-profile adviser who "most ...

Royal Commission latest: CBA doing more with fewer advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... time a planner would spend with clients would surely shorten, and of the 582 advisers employed, even fewer are "out in the field" or have face time with clients.

OneVue to create digital community via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... said. Stoykov will take on a consulting role with OneVue as well as oversee NMPE editorial. NMPE managing director Marcus Field will now head up group marketing for OneVue. The sale is initially valued at $1.1 million in non-contingent payments, a $1 ...

LGIAsuper appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... officer at Ergon Energy. LGIAsuper chair John Smith said Farrar was selected after an extensive search with an exceptional field of candidate executives. "Kate joins the fund at an exciting time in our fund's history," Smith said. LGIAsuper commenced ...

Geoff Wilson appointed to 8IP board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... Sweeney said. Wilson holds directorships at several Australian financial organisations and has 37 years of experience in the field. He co-founded Wilson Asset Management in 1997 and has since founded subsidiaries WAM Capital, WAM Leaders, WAM Research ...

MAX Awards nominations close soon

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Less than two weeks remain for nominations in the 2018 Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence (MAX) Awards. The annual event is hosted by Financial Standard and there are 23 award categories this year including Advertising Campaign of the Year ...

Spotlight on financial elder abuse

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... typical solicitor fashion, it depends. It really comes down to the individual circumstances," Glomb said. "In the legal field we have words like 'reasonable' and 'sufficient', but they can be stretched many ways. I would think in a situation such as ...

FASEA standards still lacking: FPA

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... whole." Under FASEA's proposed education requirements, existing financial advisers with a bachelor's degree in a related field will have to complete a bridging course comprising three units of study to meet the new standards, which FASEA said equates ...