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Manager vacancy at $50m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... its American financier Oaktree when it defaulted on the terms of a loan. The SA Government is inviting expressions of interest until September 17, from experienced venture capital fund managers to take over the fund's management. The incoming manager ...

Beware adviser conflicts of interest: Lonsec

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Managed accounts have the potential to create significant conflicts of interest and conflicted remuneration for advisers. According to Rainmaker data, 29% of the investment platform market in Australia is in managed accounts already and that number ...

ASIC bans financial adviser

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
ASIC has banned a financial adviser from providing financial services for four years for failing to act in the best interests of clients. ASIC found Bundaberg-based Peter Goudie did not adequately identify his clients' objectives, financial situation ...

Treasurer moves on broker remuneration

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the government will introduce a best interests duty for mortgage brokers and seek to reform broker remuneration. It is the next step in the government's response to the Royal Commission, releasing draft legislation ...

Chief economist update: What price Australian budget surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... the classic excuse - government spending (i.e. fiscal deficits) would "crowd out" private borrowing and therefore, lift interest rates - doesn't apply to the current environment. Heck, businesses aren't even enticed to borrow and invest at these ...

Board addition strengthens strategic relationship

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Insurance Group Holdings will be allowed to hold a 100% stake in Challenger Life Company given that its direct control interest in the company does not exceed 20% per the Financial Sectors (Shareholding) Act 1998, according to an August 14 notice signed ...

Value but no trust in advice: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
New research from ASIC reveals what consumers really think when it comes to financial advice. The independent research, commissioned by the regulator, found that while consumers can see the value in seeking financial advice, lack of trust in the industry ...

IOOF advice remediation hits $235m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... provisions have been taken. Compensation costs include return of service fees, estimated client loss for inappropriate advice, interest for time value of money at ASIC's directed rate of RBA cash rate + 6% and committed costs to resource the compensation ...

Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... return will vary with movements in short-term money market rates in the Australian wholesale market. This reset frequency (interest rate duration) is in keeping with our objective to offer a return to investors in excess of the RBA's official cash ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... international trade." Not to mention central banks' limited firepower given the prevailing low (even negative) target interest rates in most developed nations. But there's a precedent Jerome, and its name is the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act ...