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Mental health at work still a stigma: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... benefits for employers of investing in mental health and wellbeing and want to see their employers actively taking an interest and getting involved in the policies being put into place," she said. In this year's survey, SuperFriend developed 40 new ...

Practifi continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
Practifi entered a strategic partnership with a Sydney-based regtech to help financial advisers ensure their Statements of Advice are compliant. Advisers using the Practifi platform will now have access to TIQK, a regtech solution that combines compliance ...

Link, CBA ink $1.6bn PEXA deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... The consortium will pay about $1.6 billion, depending on final acceptances by PEXA shareholders. To what extent Link's interest in PEXA will grow is also dependent on final acceptances, with up to a 44% stake possible. The group currently holds 19.8%. ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... 1.5% - as it was last month, last year and going all the way back to the first Tuesday of August 2016 when it dropped interest rates from 1.75%. The RBA is stuck between positive growth fundamentals - GDP expanded by 3.4% in the year to the second quarter ...

Pinnacle drops fees in Blue Sky fund bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments Limited (BLA). Aware Water Group has also made a proposal to acquire BAF's interest in Blue Sky Water Fund. On October 18, Pinnacle and BAF's board reached an agreement under which new Pinnacle boutique ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... rejected, the Commission heard. Additionally, the fund's lack of rigour around corporate credit use and conflicts of interest were put under the spotlight. Catholic Super paid $2 million to Australian Family, a marketing and communications firm. ...

Chief economist update: Americans who want work will find it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... (18-19 December) is different. Here, the odds are, according to cmegroup.com, 73.6% that the US central bank will raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.25%-2.5%. Yes Virginia, I'm scratching my bald head too. Only 73.6% chance, after the Fed ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... education and ethics standards. The FPA told its member base it has created a separate entity and lodged an expression of interest to ASIC to establish a code monitoring body. AFA chief executive Phil Kewin also confirmed the association lodged its expression ...

Former UBS multi-asset expert joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... She also chaired the Australian Investment Committee. Prior to UBS, McNaughton was an investment specialist of fixed interest, credit and cast at Colonial First State Global Asset Management for four years. She was fixed income specialist at Scottish ...

Diversa executive joins managed accounts specialist

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The head of sales and relationship management at Diversa Trustees has moved to a managed accounts provider with the task of expanding its superannuation solution, following an acquisition. Joining Managed Accounts Holdings (MGP) as its head of trustee ...