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Escala bought by growing US firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
Escala Partners is set to be acquired by a US-based wealth manager looking to expand its international footprint. Focus Financial Partners has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Escala, with the deal seeing Focus' presence in the ultra-high ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
Say what? "The low level of interest rates is continuing to support the Australian economy. Further progress in reducing unemployment and having inflation return to target is expected, although this progress is likely to be gradual. Taking account of ...

Young Aussies backing world's biggest brands

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Young Australians are increasingly investing in the hot international stocks they know and love, latest nabtrade data shows. Latest figures from nabtrade show young traders entered the market in record numbers in 2018, with the number of Gen Z investors ...

TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... CommInsure and the executive general manager of its subsidiary Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Helen Troup accepted it misled FOS in the case of one claimant who suffered from a heart attack. It also made inappropriate challenges to its jurisdiction and ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
UniSuper chief investment officer John Pearce spoke to Financial Standard earlier this month about market opportunities, building the fund's in-house investment team and CIPRs. Pearce said the fund doesn't particularly see a need to pull back ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
The proportion of financial advisers who advise on responsible investing has almost doubled in the past two years, the latest industry survey reveals. The Investment Trends 2018 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which surveyed 766 Australian ...

New super fund to secure female financial security

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
A new superannuation offering launched this week. Its investments exclude companies that don't commit to adding women to their boards; and it refuses to charge administration fees to members on parental leave. Verve Super is aiming to tackle an ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

One-stop complaints shop opens

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
... have significantly higher monetary limits and compensation caps than were available under the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and Credit and Investments Ombudsman (CIO)." It will be able to hear consumer complaints where the value of the dispute is ...

CommInsure, TAL engaged in troubling conduct: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... Colonial Mutual Life Assurance (CMLA) executive general manager Helen Troup accepted CBA misled the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the case of one claimant who suffered from a heart attack. It also made inappropriate challenges to its jurisdiction ...