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ASIC appoints former AFA chief

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
ASIC has named the 18 members of its Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), including the former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers. Brad Fox will join the FSCP along with Annette Spencer, Bruce Debenham, Calvert Duffy, Christina ...

BOE does what it said it would do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
The Bank of England (BOE) did what it said it would do -- it lifted the Bank Rate by 25 basis points to 0.5% following its 2 November monetary policy council meeting (MPC). The announcement marks the first time in more than a decade that the BOE raised ...

Wills should be reviewed, not refuted: EQT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2017
... around specific endowments; and capital gains tax and ensuring any consequences are sufficiently managed. Just last week a judge in the Queensland Supreme Court deemed an unsent text message containing a dead man's final wishes could be legally treated ...

Former NZ Prime Minister joins bank board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
ANZ Bank New Zealand appointed the country's former Prime Minister as chair. Sir John Key replaces John Judge, who will retire as chair in January next year, a position he's held since 2012. Judge joined the board in December 2008 as an independent ...

Adviser tops the class for education excellence

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
A leader among financial advisers has been rewarded for his energy and commitment to ongoing adviser education at time when it's top of mind in the industry. Maxim Private Wealth's Michael Ward was presented the 2017 AFA Excellence in Education in Award ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... "Inflation, Uncertainty, and Monetary Policy" she brought all these differing Fed officials' opinions together. "Although we judge that inflation will most likely stabilize around 2% over the next few years, the odds that it could turn out to be noticeably ...

Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen slammed the Turnbull Government's decision to proceed with its nomination for ASIC's next chair. Bowen said Labor "makes it very clear" it will not support the appointment of Credit Suisse chair and former CBA general counsel ...

Finalist feedback on future of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... wants to be able to do that in an affordable and efficient way and technology is going to help with that," he said. Fellow judge ANZ Wealth head of sales Don Sillar spoke of how Rising Star finalists are using different methods of communication to not ...

Former Attorney General appointed to Dexus board

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
A former Australian Attorney General was appointed to the board of Dexus Funds Management following Elizabeth Alexander's decision to not stand for re-election as an independent director. Nicola Roxon, who held the position of Federal Attorney General ...

Mason Stevens wins 2017 Technical Paper of the Year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
A new benchmark for writing on managed accounts has been set with Mason Stevens taking home the first ever Financial Standard Technical Paper of the Year Award - Managed Accounts. Presented to Mason Stevens' managing director Thomas Bignill at the annual ...