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Fidante loses $3.9bn of super fund assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
Challenger subsidiary Fidante has lost $3.9 billion in funds under management at the expense of superannuation funds increasingly internalising their investment strategies. In releasing its June financial year results this morning, Challenger flagged ...

Chief economist update: Bonds do the limbo rock

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... Bloomberg report (dated July 23) shows that it's already preparing for the worst. "In a paper presented to finance minister Grant Robertson in January and later released under the OIA, Treasury suggests three non-standard measures would be available ...

Planning foundation adds directors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... Maragna to its board, in a move chair Petra Churcher said will help the foundation eventually double its $200,000 annual grant target. "We have an ambitious target to increase our distribution in grants to $200,000 in 2019. We would like to see this ...

AMP MDA constraints frustrate advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
The additional conditions imposed on AMP Financial Planning's managed discretionary account (MDA) licence has resulted in so many constraints on financial advisers that the offering is reportedly "unusable". A source told Financial Standard that AMP ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... which comprises AGL Energy non-executive director Diane Smith-Gander and former Reserve Bank of New Zealand acting governor Grant Spencer. APRA appears to operate in a culture that is "unwilling to challenge itself, slow to respond and tentative in addressing ...

Managed investment scheme operator AFSL canned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... separately taken action to wind up Courtenay House Capital Trading Group and Courtenay House. Said Jahani and John McIerney of Grant Thornton are the joint liquidators of both companies. Australian Mutual held an AFS licence since February 2006. Peter ...

REI Super announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... enable us to further enhance how we serve our members and their needs in the future." Laneway Analytics chief executive Grant Callaghan said: "The Laneway Analytics approach is unique in the field of data insights. We believe our clients should be able ...

Advice firm expands to Dubai

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
A financial advice firm catering to Australian expats is set to establish a new office in Dubai. Atlas Wealth Management will open a new office in Dubai, located in the Dubai International Finance Centre. The goal of the expansion is for Atlas to provide ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Australian Ethical chief executive to depart

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
The managing director and chief executive of Australian Ethical is stepping down after nine years in the role. Phil Vernon joined Australian Ethical from Perpetual in 2009 and has overseen substantial growth of the Australian Ethical superannuation ...