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ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
ASIC banned a Perth-based financial adviser for five years following an investigation as part of the regulator's life insurance lapse data project. Philip Leake is banned from providing financial services for five years after failing to act in his clients' ...

Tax adviser registrations swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
The total number of registered tax (financial) advisers has returned to 19,000, despite 6000 failing to renew their registration by the end of 2015. According to the Tax Practitioners Board, about 13,000 of the 19,000 registered tax (financial) advisers ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
It's certainly welcomed but nothing to write home about. I speak about the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Wage Price Index (WPI) report that revealed growth in total wages accelerated to 2.1% in the December quarter from 2% in the previous quarter. ...

Don't blame ETFs: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not at fault for the recent global equities sell-off and should not be blamed for the next financial market meltdown. This is the view of 68% of respondents polled in Financial Standard's survey last week, who said ETFs ...

Best interest duty failures lead to EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The director of a financial services firm is excluded from the industry for five years after failing to comply with best interests obligations when consolidating clients' superannuation. ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from David Orth ...

Lennox launches micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned Australian equities boutique Lennox Capital Partners is launching a new micro-cap fund. The Lennox Australian Microcap Fund will hold between 20 and 40 Australian and New Zealand companies and aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Wall Street recovered just as quickly as it corrected - selling and then buying on rising inflation expectations. The S&P 500 index closed 4.3% up at the close of the trading week ending 16 February, partly reversing the previous week's 5.2% loss but ...

SMFSA voices support for AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
Expanding the remit of the newly legislated Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to protect some rights of self-managed super members marks a "significant step" for the industry, according to the SMSF Association. Establishing AFCA consolidated ...

AustralianSuper slashes insurance premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2018
Australia's largest superannuation fund is reducing insurance premiums that will save members $100 million over the next financial year. From May 2018, AustralianSuper and life insurance partner TAL will decrease life insurance premiums by 14% for death ...

IOOF partners with GROW Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
IOOF purchased a minority stake in GROW Super to help the wealth group expand and boost the digital capabilities of its own financial adviser network. IOOF said the partnership will facilitate member engagement with superannuation and the connectivity ...