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Macquarie quietly rolls out low-cost platform menu

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... expectations, with several dealer groups and self-licensed firms adding it to their approved product lists. Earlier this week the financial services conglomerate said it expected its 2020 financial year performance to be down on last year, despite growth ...

De Ferrari unaware of legal action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... action. We believe we are within our legal rights and we will vigorously defend any action if it comes," De Ferrari said. This week the AMP Financial Planners Association (AMPFPA) said it is anticipating a class action will be filed on behalf of its ...

Fidelity backs personality tests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... out client personality tests to financial advisers. The international fund manager released its Value of Advice report this week, with research from CoreData, which included insights into the personality types of clients. Fidelity Australia managing ...

Perennial adds to team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... Marjon Crandall will look after Perennial's relationships with fund ratings houses and consultants. She started this week in the Sydney office and reports to Perennial's head of retail distribution Cesar Farfan. She spent a good part of the last ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... global equities markets from their high horses of 2019, markets have begun to claw back some of the losses suffered this week. And yet, markets are still trading at a premium*, with the longest-running bull market in history near to celebrating its 11th ...

VFMC hires investment stewardship lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... group. A spokesperson from VFMC confirmed the hire to Financial Standard sister publication The Sustainability Report this week. "We are looking forward to Talieh adding her expertise to our investment team," the spokesperson said. VFMC also recently ...

Netwealth to tap growing HNW demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... off-platform investments. Heine said SaaS revenue for Xwrap is now being collected. In a quarterly business updated released this week, Netwealth posted record funds under administration for the December quarter, raking in an additional $2.9 billion ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... research firm released the latest data on life insurance risk premium inflows and sales for the year ending September 2019 this week, which reveals individual risk lump sum premium inflows were down 2.7% on the year prior, dropping to $6.978 billion. ...

Job boom expected in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... technology to search LinkedIn profiles, as exemplified by those LinkedIn notes that say you appeared in so many searches this week." Humphris said there needs to be a better balance by wealth management firms seeking staff. "Algorithms and automation ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... partnership with the investment giant - something many have questioned as he gears up for the Rally for Relief charity match this week. Sustainable investing has traditionally been considered the exclusion of unethical investments; alcohol, tobacco ...