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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
... proposed 'best in show' list, she says risk should be a "well-documented factor" embedded in a set of criteria to judge the best outcomes for members. Risk - at the least - should be given equal priority to returns, Turner says.

Former financial adviser jailed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... to access information about their own investments, and clients should be concerned if this is not occurring," Press said. Judge Boylan sentenced Gibbs to 10 years prison and, in delivering the sentence, said Gibbs has repaid the trust of his clients ...

Linda Elkins to depart Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
Colonial First State executive general manager Linda Elkins has resigned to replace Paul Howes at KPMG. Elkins has been appointed KPMG's national sector leader - asset and wealth management. She will join the firm effective August 5, taking over ...

Chief economist update: BOE lets peers do the heavy lifting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... perfect ingredients for a rate cut soup or - at best - steady policy, don't you think? Nope. "The Committee continues to judge that, were the economy to develop broadly in line with its May Inflation Report projections that included an assumption ...

Chief economist update: The path of monetary policy according to Lowe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
"Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore." The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the official cash rate to a fresh record low of 1.25% takes the country's monetary policy into uncharted waters. More uncharted it would be if JP ...

Former Gold Coast adviser banned

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
ASIC banned a former authorised representative of the now-defunct Austplan after clients were found to have been placed in a vulnerable financial position as a result of his advice. Gold Coast financial adviser Daniel Renneberg is banned from providing ...

Managed Account Awards finalists revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... will also be on offer. The innovation award on the night will go to the managed account service which does the most, in the judge's opinion, to advance the development of managed accounts. "Managed accounts are becoming a significant part of the advice ...

AMP class actions consolidated

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... Gordon have been consolidated into one while the three remaining suits have been halted. In making her judgement, Chief Judge in Equity Justice Julie Ward said the "no win, no fee" offer of Maurice Blackburn and Slater and Gordon weighed heavily on her ...

Chief economist update: RBA to take rates to fresh record low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe provided the clearest indication yet that the Australian central bank is poised to cut interest rates, potentially at its June 4 meeting. The transcript of Lowe's speech - titled 'The Economic ...