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BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
BT Financial Group advisers will see two insurers added to the BT life insurance approved product list from March, a threefold increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten ...

Chief economist update: The real growth in wages

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... Weak growth in wages will keep inflation low, providing the Reserve Bank of Australia neither rhyme nor reason to raise interest rates anytime soon. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at Rainmaker Group. He previously worked as a fund ...

Financial Standard launches Good Investment Guide, Investment Leadership Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... the self-directed investor market, through self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs), continues to grow, so will the interest on various managed investment products. "There will be more demand for managed funds, such as ETFs, managed investment schemes ...

WAM calls to remove Aurora as RE of listed trust

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
Wilson Asset Management submitted a request for an extraordinary general meeting to remove Aurora Funds Management as the responsible entity of an ASX-listed trust. Before calling for the meeting, WAM also lodged a redemption request for all of the ...

Best interest duty failures lead to EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
The director of a financial services firm is excluded from the industry for five years after failing to comply with best interests obligations when consolidating clients' superannuation. ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from David Orth ...

FSC launches asset manager governance regime

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... that as a positive." "By internal governance, I mean explicitly calling out how asset managers manage their conflicts of interest, their remuneration and incentives structures, how they spend clients' money on brokerage and commissions, how they carry ...

IFAs tackling bank-owned competitors head on

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... wide range of investment options. This is in direct contrast to ASIC's finding that banks continue to breach the best interest duty and are more likely to recommend products manufactured by their parent companies, intentionally limiting customers' options ...

Chief economist update: The yen's on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... central bank's commitment towards maintaining its "Quantitative and Qualitative Monetary Easing (QQE) with a Negative Interest Rate" and "expanding the monetary base until the year-on-year rate of increase in the observed CPI (all items less fresh food) ...

AMP cuts fees for new wholesale fund suite

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... wholesale vehicles. The Advantage Funds range comprises 31 funds covering Australian and global equities, alternatives, fixed interest, property and infrastructure. They're available to new and existing super, pension and investment clients. AMP head ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news returns?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... Street. Slowing retail spending removes one of the jittery factors on Wall Street - a more aggressive Fed that could raise interest rates by one or two more than the "forward guided" three. Likewise, a slowdown in consumer spending would ease the upward ...