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Property manager hires super fund head

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... management and investment governance," he said. "Miriam will be an excellent fit for the group as we grow the institutional quality of investments available to our direct platform which has more than 20,000 retail, self-managed super fund (SMSF), high ...

Retirement funding system failing: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... needs in consumption for wellbeing." "By unlocking home equity to improve retirement funding, we can enhance both the quality of life in retirement and economic activity." Household Capital made several recommendations to the Retirement Income Review ...

The PDS is weak: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... poor consumer outcomes revealed by the financial services royal commission." Rice Warner's analysis stated that the quality of the disclosures is another contributor to the problem. "In other words, product statements have been largely unintelligible ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... also, however, increase the risk of a "boom-bust" cycle as another year of booming prices would bring into question the quality of lending and could see regulators reinstate the controls that they have only recently abandoned." The TCorp report said ...

FPA calls for axe to fall on stamping fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... 1 January 2021 when grandfathered commissions will cease. "The FPA supports the government's efforts to improve the quality of financial advice that all Australians receive. Ensuring that people receive unconflicted advice, that's in their best interests ...

Listed fund manager plots expansion

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... of a high caliber," Charny said. "In addition, the Augusta due diligence process has been greatly aided by the high quality of information provided, consistent with the business as a whole. "The Centuria board unanimously supports the takeover and is ...

Mayfair fights for use of word

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... Mayfair 101 Group's managing director James Mawhinney said: "The word 'platinum' is generic and descriptive of the quality of service which Mayfair Platinum's investors receive." Mayfair Platinum filed its defense and cross-claim in the Federal Court ...

Former RBC I&TS lead joins tech firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... delighted that he has accepted the offer to lead the company as it seeks to take a leadership position in improving the quality of financial advice for all Australians." Travers led RBC I&TS for more than five years before leaving in May 2019. Prior ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... shutter its digital advice tools, saying that this was an example of robo where the regulator had concerns about the quality of advice given and how that advice was monitored. Speaking to Financial Standard at the time of ASIC's announcement, Lime's ...

SMSFA slams limited licensing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... advisers are unable to get information but are the individuals able to provide advice," he said. "This jeopardises the quality of advice being provided to members."