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ROYAL COMMISSION: Our top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Missed something? Here's a recap of the most read stories to come out of the second week of the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial advice. High profile adviser under fire The Royal Commission heard how Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna received ...

Dover roasted for 'Orwellian' protection policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Royal Commission scrutinised Dover Financial Advisers' former client protection policy, demonstrating its essential purpose to be to exonerate the licensee of any liability in the event of misconduct by authorised representatives. Counsel Assisting ...

New CEO to join MQA after restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
Macquarie Atlas Roads, which will soon rebrand itself Atlas Arteria after ending its management arrangements with Macquarie, will be led by a new chief executive-elect from May 1. Graeme Bevans will take on the role having been chief executive of Annuity ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Turnbull Government's initial resistance to the Royal Commission was targeted by social media this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed ...

Advice not yet a real profession: Kell

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
In his statement to the Royal Commission, ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell argued financial advice is not yet a profession. Kell told Special Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr that while there are professionals in the industry, "we do not view the industry as ...

Yarra Capital executive joins AUI board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
A top executive from Yarra Capital Management has joined the board of a $1.2 billion listed investment company. Dion Hershan is currently Yarra Capital Management's managing director and head of Australian equities. He joins the board of Melbourne-based ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Vanguard will list its first active exchange-traded funds for Australian investors on the ASX tomorrow. The first of the two new ETFs is Global Value Equity (ASX: VVLU), and invests in global equities with value characteristics. The second, the Global ...

Industry fund adds board director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund appointed a new board director. Vision Super welcomed Australian Services Union executive president Lisa Darmanian in March, bringing the number of women on its board to four. "Lisa brings valuable experience ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
RARE Infrastructure was awarded an infrastructure income mandate by a US-based global multi-manager which oversees more than $182 billion in funds. Principal Funds chose RARE's infrastructure income strategy for part of its $5 billion Diversified Real ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
Perhaps it's being drowned by the ongoing Trump/Xi "my tariff is bigger than yours" tit-for-tat, or the Trump/Stormy Daniels alleged dalliance, or the alleged Trump/FBI raid on the offices of Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen... but whatever it ...