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Perth adviser to face court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
A Perth financial adviser allegedly stole nearly $1 million from clients and transferred it to his online gambling accounts, according to the Western Australian Police Force (WAPF). The 38-year old adviser, who was not named but identified as a Yanchep ...

Vote in the FS Power50 now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
Voting is now open for the 2019 FS Power50, compiling the most influential financial advisers in Australia. This year, Financial Standard received more than 430 nominations for the FS Power50 and the voting process has now launched with 103 advisers ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
There were no back-patting and self-congratulatory remarks this time from Australia's Prime Minister and Treasurer for the Australian National Accounts show that it wasn't a "wonderful set of numbers". Instead, with economic growth slowing to ...

Intra-fund advice must improve: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
Superannuation funds have failed to solve the problems around access to financial advice, and both members and the funds themselves will suffer until they do, according to Rice Warner. The research house has struck the superannuation industry for failing ...

Buyback ensures Aussie ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... Australia Employee Share Trust. The Employee Trust acquired two million shares from M&C under the terms of its equity incentive plan. The buyback will not result in any changes to the Moelis board composition or the strategic alliance in corporate advisory ...

Boutique to launch flagship fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
A new boutique small caps manager is set to launch its first fund this month. Melbourne-based Blue Orbit Asset Management will launch the Blue Orbit Australian Small Caps Systematic Alpha Fund to institutional investors this month. The boutique, which ...

Suncorp pays $1.4m remediation bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
Suncorp Life and Superannuation has remediated more than 4000 Guardian Advice clients for poor financial advice. ASIC today confirmed Suncorp has completed the remediation program for more than 4000 GuardianFP clients, paying out a total of $1.431 million. ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... to reduce their environmental footprint. Furthermore, HESTA has an "enduring focus" through its corporate responsibility plan to be efficient, socially minded and achieve carbon neutrality in its operations, she said. "Sustainability is front-of-mind ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The prudential regulator confirmed a "traffic light" system aimed at weeding out underperforming superannuation funds is currently in the works. Deputy chair Helen Rowell flagged APRA is developing a heat map based on four key areas -investment returns ...

VanEck restructures three ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
VanEck is changing the domicile of three ETFs to cut out US tax forms for investors and to introduce dividend reinvestment plans. VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) and VanEck Vectors China AMC CSI ...