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Happier New Year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world..." -- Louis Armstrong Yes Virginia, if the strong performance of most major equity markets around the world is any indication, 2018 will ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The 2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards recognise investment strategies that showcase all the qualities investors are looking for in an investment manager in an evidence-based and transparent way. Investment leadership is not only about ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... who said the greatest threat to Australia's $2.5 trillion superannuation system is regulatory overreach and strangulation in red tape. Delegates also heard directly from the regulators, with APRA saying it is crunch time for poor performing superannuation ...

NAB refunds home loan customers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
NAB refunded $1.7 million to home loan customers after it failed to properly set up mortgage offset accounts, according to ASIC. Customer complaints prompted NAB to conduct an internal review, which found the bank failed to link offset accounts to broker ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
Rollout of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) on 1 January 2018 will be the strongest test of fee-for-service risk advice, a model seen as imperative to the financial advice industry's future. Industry experts say the critical component to make fee-for-service ...

Industry split on life insurance cover: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
Whether or not superannuation funds should stop charging life insurance cover after 13 months without contributions has divided the industry, Financial Standard's weekly survey results show. Forty-nine percent of respondents said it's only fair superannuation ...

WA Super launches impact investment option

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
WA Super, which recently merged with Concept One to form a $3.2 billion super fund, has launched a new impact investing option for members. The public offer fund described the relaunched Sustainable Future investment option as an "Australian first." ...

Thinning trade surplus shaves A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2017
Financial markets expected Australia's trade surplus to narrow in October but not by this much. The Australian Bureau of Statistics'(ABS) 'International Trade in Goods and Services report showed that the country's trade surplus dropped to just A$105 ...

AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
A number of new measures that will dramatically impact the way consumers interact with the financial services industry have cleared both houses of parliament. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA), announced in this year's Federal Budget ...

Corporate governance LIC slashes fees, appoints portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
An ASX-listed investment company focusing on ASX 100 companies ranked by corporate governance standards has negotiated a significant reduction in its total expense ratio and appointed a portfolio manager from Evans Dixon. Australian Governance Masters ...