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REST announces JV with US property developer

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
REST Industry Super has joined forces with US residential property manager and developer Greystar Real Estate Partners, in a move to increase its exposure to residential developments in the United States. The ten year joint venture means REST will be ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

FoFA opt-in to cause advisers biggest headache

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial planners are frustrated with the sudden and unexpected change to the laws governing financial advice, with some raising particular concerns about the requirement to regularly ask clients to resign their contracts, known as the opt-in requirement. ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night. The reversion to the original legislation took effect as soon as ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Sunsuper and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have partnered to form a national advice referral program which connects the fund's members with FPA practices across the country. The partnership sees the fund develop direct relationships ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Social media is the epicentre of new ideas and innovation in financial services industry and this years' edition of the FS Power50 features the top 50 individuals in Australia leading this conversation. The second edition of the FS Power50 is a completely ...

Unlicensed Torquay adviser gets 7 year ban

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Torquay-based director and sole employee of Shore Capital Scott Logan has been banned for providing financial services for seven years. An investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) found that between April 2011 and ...

IFM has 'concerns' over infra prices

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
IFM Investors' head of European infrastructure debt David Cooper has stopped short of saying there is an infrastructure bubble, but raised 'concerns' about the prices institutional investors are paying for infrastructure. When asked to comment on whether ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
The Future Fund is categorically not a superannuation fund, Peter Costello has reminded superannuation professionals at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia conference. The former treasurer and current Future Fund chair said that, far ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Westpac chief executive of Australian financial services Brian Hartzer has ruled out any sweeping changes to the bank's leadership team when he takes over as top chief executiveA from Gail Kelly on 1 February 2015. At a press conference in Sydney today ...