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Northern Trust appoints head of quant

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... He has a master's degree in finance from UNSW's Australian School of business and a bachelor of business and advanced diploma in financial planning from RMIT. "Bennett's extensive research on quantitative strategies and active management ...

Advisers gain FASEA credits for existing qualifications

HARRISON WORLEY  |  SUNDAY, 14 OCT 2018
... Gold Coast, Assistant Treasurer Stuart Robert confirmed experienced financial advisers who have already completed an advanced diploma of financial planning and also hold either an AFA or FPA designation will be eligible for a maximum of four credit units ...

QSuper hunts for new CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... QSuper Lifetime, Australia's first two-dimensionally segmented lifecycle investment option which at the policy level, advanced the notion of fiduciary duty in default superannuation, "Pennisi added.

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... principal who manufactures or sells financial products, the adviser's interests (and the principal's) will be advanced by persuading a client to acquire one of the principal's products." Hayne said the conflicts of interest present may be ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... comprising traders, portfolio managers, analysts and market data practitioners in Asia shows Japanese firms are the most advanced in using machine learning to generate alpha. More than 50% of 140 respondents in Tokyo surveyed said they've started to ...

BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... financial advice offering with a view to discontinuing the Virtual Advice offering. It would also see the removal of the Advanced Financial Planner role for those operating outside of BTFG's Partnerships business. According to FSU communications ...

Planning diploma relevant despite FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... qualification of choice for many other roles in the industry. Mentor Education principal Mark Sinclair said the diploma and the advanced diploma have served the industry well and will continue to do so, particularly for associate advisers, paraplanners ...

BT Financial Group proposes advice restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... currently providing personal advice will remain within BT Advice. In addition, the changes would see the role of the Advanced Financial Adviser cease to exist for those operating outside of BT's Partnerships program. Those within the Partnerships ...

Linear pushes MGP into the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... "We continue to pursue acquisition opportunities where they make sense." In May 2018, the company announced it was well advanced in acquiring an existing Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) and executed a non-binding relationship agreement, he said. ...

ACDC to power new battery ETF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 SEP 2018
... Australia Kris Walesby said energy storage was undergoing a massive global transformation, adding the global market for advanced battery materials was expected to increase 50% to about USD$33 billion over the next four years. "Battery technology has ...