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Asia is way forward for global economy: DWS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The doom and gloom in the global economy is starting to see the rays of light shine through in 2020 for Asia in particular, according to DWS chief investment officer, APAC Sean Taylor. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the Chief Economist Forum ...

SMSF platform makes $25m acquisition

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
An ASX-listed SMSF technology platform has dropped $25 million on its first acquisition, in a bid to reinforce its position as a technology leader. Class will acquire all of the shares in corporate compliance and documentation platform NowInfinity by ...

The Income Store closed for business

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission froze the assets of Ken Courtright's company Todays Growth Consultant which also operated as The Income Store. The commission has filed an emergency enforcement action, obtained a temporary restraining order ...

GAM partners with SimCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
GAM Investments has signed a new long term licence agreement with investment management solutions provider SimCorp. The global asset manager will partner with SimCorp to consolidate its external front and middle office systems on to a single platform. ...

Bank of Mum and Dad forking out serious dosh

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
More young Aussies are turning to their parents, the appropriately dubbed 'Bank of Mum and Dad', to help secure equity for a first home deposit, and financial advisers are split on the growing trend. For some, the lucky few, the money for the ...

RBA crushes hopes of Libra launch

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia will not allow tech giant Facebook to launch its cryptocurrency Libra in Australia until all risks and regulatory requirements have been mitigated. And even if these regulatory requirements were met there wouldn't be ...

YBR exits wealth, sells for $2.5 million

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Mark Bouris' Yellow Brick Road is shuttering its wealth business to focus on mortgages, entering into a sale agreement for a sum of approximately $2.5 million. YBR Wealth's share of rights to the recurring revenue streams derived from its wealth advice ...

Google to pay ATO $481.5m

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
The Australian Tax Office has celebrated a major win, with tech giant Google set to cough up an extra $481.5 million on top of its previous tax payments. It comes following a 10 year dispute between the ATO and Google. Microsoft, Apple and Facebook ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Westpac has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $9.15 million over poor financial advice provided by just one former adviser. The court case relates to poor financial advice provided by Sudhir Sinha which breached the best interest ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
There wasn't a dull day to be had in Australia's financial advice industry in 2019, but unfortunately it was rarely a good thing. We are bidding farewell to the year that is likely to be remembered as one financial advisers would rather forget. ...